Re: onstat: Shared memory: permission denied.

Try to restart: onmode -ky, oninit perhaps your shm is not initialized properly Jacob Salomon wrote: > INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.12.UC1 > AIX ***** 1 4 *********** > > Hi Family. > > I have run into an anomaly on an AIX machine. Normally, even as a > vanilla user, I can run onstat commands and even get a limted menu > onmonitor. > > On this system, onstat earns me the above message. If I try to run > onmonitor, I get: > > Unable to attach to shared memory. > Permission denied > > YARGHHHhhhh!! > What could possible be causing this grief? I have compared the ipcs -m > output on another AIX system: > > Where I have no problem: > m 36865 0x52574801 --rw-rw---- root informix > m 36866 0x52574802 --rw-rw---- root informix > m 16387 0x52574803 --rw-rw-rw- root informix > m 8196 0x52574804 --rw-rw---- root informix > m 4102 0x52574805 --rw-rw---- root informix > m 7 0x52574806 --rw-rw---- root informix > > And on the system where I can't do it: > m 20481 0x52574801 --rw-rw---- informix informix > m 20482 0x52574802 --rw-rw---- informix informix > m 4101 0x52574803 --rw-rw-rw- informix informix > > No significant difference I can see. > > So wazzamatta? > > Thanks. > -- > -- Jake (Retrospectively realizes there is no future in hindsight) > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > | The expedient performance of a task with excessive concern | > | regarding its duration-to-completion engenders a virtual | > | certainty of diminished benefit therefrom. | > | -- Benjamin Franklin (but he said it in 3 words) | > +------------------------------------------------------------+