root/informix users in a script
The installation of IDS 9.20 and the ClientSDK/Connect packages require the installer to be 'informix' for the former and root for the laters. How do I automate this process within a single script ? I know I can easily do this with two scripts where the first script, running as root, will install the IDS as su - informix -c "installIDS" and then go on as root install the SDK. I guess this is more of a shell script question but I thought you may have a single handy script to install both in one shot. Thanks, Thanh Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
Hi Thanh, Thanh wrote: > > The installation of IDS 9.20 and the ClientSDK/Connect packages > require the installer to be 'informix' for the former and root > for the laters. How do I automate this process within a single > script ? I know I can easily do this with two scripts where > the first script, running as root, will install the IDS as > su - informix -c "installIDS" and then go on as root install the SDK. > > I guess this is more of a shell script question but I thought > you may have a single handy script to install both in one shot. > if I understood your problem, you are on the right way: start script as root: installinformix.sh #!/usr/bin/ksh su - informix -c "/.installIDS" && { ./RUN_AS_ROOT } #end of script Be sure, that your profile of user informix contains the right setting for INFORMIXDIR. Wile
In article <393DF935.961F4EB8@nettaxi.com>, "Wile E. Coyote" <wilec@nettaxi.com> wrote: > Hi Thanh, > > Thanh wrote: > > > > The installation of IDS 9.20 and the ClientSDK/Connect packages > > require the installer to be 'informix' for the former and root > > for the laters. How do I automate this process within a single > > script ? I know I can easily do this with two scripts where > > the first script, running as root, will install the IDS as > > su - informix -c "installIDS" and then go on as root install the SDK. > > > > I guess this is more of a shell script question but I thought > > you may have a single handy script to install both in one shot. > > > > if I understood your problem, you are on the right way: > > start script as root: > > installinformix.sh > #!/usr/bin/ksh > > su - informix -c "/.installIDS" && { > ./RUN_AS_ROOT > } > > #end of script > > Be sure, that your profile of user informix contains the right setting > for INFORMIXDIR. Wile, Thanks. Now that I want to install I-CONNECT and the 'installconn' script asked for the same serial and key that I entered earlier for IDS 9.2 I would like to automate this process by piping in the serial and key to installconn, -s SERIAL -k KEY. I could get the SERIAL from $INFORMIXDIR/etc/.snfile but don't know where the KEY was kept. Any idea how to achieve this ? Thanh > > Wile > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
In article <8hod74$25i$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Thanh <tqma@my-deja.com> wrote: > In article <393DF935.961F4EB8@nettaxi.com>, > "Wile E. Coyote" <wilec@nettaxi.com> wrote: > > Hi Thanh, > > > > Thanh wrote: > > > > > > The installation of IDS 9.20 and the ClientSDK/Connect packages > > > require the installer to be 'informix' for the former and root > > > for the laters. How do I automate this process within a single > > > script ? I know I can easily do this with two scripts where > > > the first script, running as root, will install the IDS as > > > su - informix -c "installIDS" and then go on as root install the > SDK. > > > > > > I guess this is more of a shell script question but I thought > > > you may have a single handy script to install both in one shot. > > > > > > > if I understood your problem, you are on the right way: > > > > start script as root: > > > > installinformix.sh > > #!/usr/bin/ksh > > > > su - informix -c "/.installIDS" && { > > ./RUN_AS_ROOT > > } > > > > #end of script > > > > Be sure, that your profile of user informix contains the right setting > > for INFORMIXDIR. > > Wile, > > Thanks. > Now that I want to install I-CONNECT and the 'installconn' script > asked for the same serial and key that I entered earlier for IDS 9.2 > I would like to automate this process by piping in the serial and > key to installconn, -s SERIAL -k KEY. I could get the SERIAL from > $INFORMIXDIR/etc/.snfile but don't know where the KEY was kept. > > Any idea how to achieve this ? I discovered that RUN_AS_ROOT was created on the fly during the installation of IDS server and the SERIAL and KEY are stored in it. I simply grep for those and feed them to installconn. It worked wonder. I am thinking Informix could have provided options to pass in the SERIAL and KEY just like installconn. Thanh Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.