Re: Q re Database server process

Andrew Gideon wrote: > > I'm administering a site onto which Informix may be installed > in the near future. I'm being told that the server process > ("sqlexecd", I believe) must be run as root. > > This seems a bit odd it me. Is it correct? Unfortunately, > I don't have access to the Informix documentation, as the > server is being installed as a part of a separate product. > > Thanks for any help that you can provide... > > Andrew Gideon If the database engine process is called sqlexec the product is Informix SE. The sqlexecs are fired up by the application, the two being connected by pipes. If there is a separate global process running, called tbinit or oninit (actually there will probably be a number of these, the original process forks the others)you have Informix OnLine. Don't let them install OnLine without providing documentation and preferably a DBA training course - in fact, even if it's SE (or Standard Engine) try and get docs. and preferably a training course. Even if the separate product runs itself without any help the course is always good for the cv. Ian