Re: chunk links changed owner after reboot

pretzel wrote: > IDS 10 > Solaris 10 > Sun V480 > > > Had quite a scare today, when after rebooting our system, the chunks > seemed to be corrupted. > > Turned out that ownership of all the chunk raw devices (we use symbolic > links) had reverted to root. > > Chown back to informix:informix fixed it, but it seemed like my heart > stopped for a few minutes. > > I wonder why this happened, and what I can do to preserve owner and > group on the chunk raw devices. > > Regards, > > DG > Seen similar with some versions of Veritas, despite using the vxedit (?) to make the changes permanent the permissions always reverted. You can edit your startup scripts in /etc/init.d and put the chowns in there, just make sure the edited script is run after the veritas and before Informix Cheers Paul Paul Watson Oninit Ltd Tel : +44 1414161772 Cell : +44 7818 003457 Web : www.oninit.com