Re: unable to start database engine

Posted in 1994

Peter Wages — 15 Mar 1994 16:53:06 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

On Thu, 24 Feb 1994, Hal Wigoda wrote: > I'm getting the following message when trying to bring up > isql version 4.10.UD1 on an HP 9000/755. > > 468: Cannot obtain user id from system: unable to start database engine.> > > I'm logged in as informix. > > Informix is not in the /etc/passwd file because we are using yp. > > How do I get around this? > > -- Disregard the previous message. Change the permissions for /var/yp/passwd to 644, not /etc/passwd. You need to let informix to check the userid from the password file you are using. Peter Wages VSE Corp pmwages@cais.com