Re: Difference between informix & root
Posted in 1998
On Wed, 29 Jul 1998 15:24:08 -0600, in article
<35BF92F8.F58F8246@abq.sc.philips.com>, Kenneth Ma
<kenneth.ma@abq.sc.philips.com> wrote:
>Hi all:
>
>What is the difference of starting the engine between user informix and
>root?
While root is "all powerful" under unix, it's not so with informix. The
informix id is "almost all powerful" only within informix and just a regular
user to unix.
>Do you see any problem if user with DBA priviledge to start the engine
>with
>command 'oninit'? Or will it be started?
It shouldn't start. But why would you want a regular user to start it?
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