Re: Informix won't work with NFS?

->From: cgregory@ziggy.cs.uiuc.edu (Christine Gregory) ->Subject: Informix won't work with NFS? ->Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 18:08:46 GMT ->Reply-To: cgregory@ziggy.cs.uiuc.edu (Christine Gregory) ->Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -> ->No, we're not trying to do anything fancy. ->It's just the workstation that runs informix is NOT the fileserver. ->Is that so unusual? -> ->So, upon trying to access a database in his home directory, a user gets: -> -> 923: INFORMIX is licensed for local database access only. -> ->FWIW -- I am also the person who asked about informix not working with YP. ->(I got responses ranging from "We never had a problem" to "No, it just won't -> work with YP" to "We had a problem, here's how to fix it" [which never worked, -> but thanks to all who replied, anyway :] -- and finally gave up and now DON'T -> use YP passwords on that machine...) -> ->However not using a file server is a bit more problematic. ->Is it just this particular (for an HP 800) version that is so crippled, ->or is there a work-around, or what??? [2] -> ->I find it hard to believe that informix was meant to run on completely ->stand-alone machines -- as this one seems to act... [1] [1] Although it is a little old-fashioned, there are still places that run a computer with only dumb terminals, not workstations, attached. Stand-alone Informix is meant for this environment. [2] Assuming that: a. You are on a workstation on the same net as the database server, and b. Both computers are UNIX boxes, then one work-around is: a. Start work on the workstation; b. rlogin to the database machine; c. IF you are in an Xwindows or similar environment, and IF the database application starts one or more windows: c1. set DISPLAY on the DB machine to reference your workstation; and c2. run xhost + on your workstation to allow access from the DB machine; d. Start the DB application from the rlogin session. Regards, Alan ___________________________ ______________________| R. Alan Popiel |__________________________ \\ Internet: | Martin Marietta, Tech Ops | / \\ alan@den.mmc.com | P.O. Box 179, M/S 5422 | Std disclaimers apply. / )Voice: | Denver, CO 80201-0179 USA | ( / 303-977-9998 |___________________________| (But you knew that!) \\ /________________________) (____________________________\\