Re: Problem: ** WARNING: Network Down **--On-Line -- Advice Please

I've a simpler first option for you to try... Change your INFORMIXSERVER environment variable to an alias that uses shared memory. Typically this error occurs when you try and start the engine from a tcp alias. Cheers. >From: "Lloyd AJ Wilson" <lwilson@harriscomputer.com> >Reply-To: "Lloyd AJ Wilson" <lwilson@harriscomputer.com> >To: informix-list@iiug.org >Subject: Re: Problem: ** WARNING: Network Down **--On-Line -- Advice Please >Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 18:02:01 GMT > >Hi Paul, > >I have had the same problem with my server a while ago ... > >In order to resolve the issue be sure of a few things ... > >1. Your machine is on the network and is capable of pinging other machines >including yourself (if using onsoctcp or ontlitcp connections ... it >obviously does not apply for shared memory connections) > >2. Try changing the password for informix to the same password... >re-authenticate the user database... is what was told to me to be >absolutely >sure that the password is ok. If possible be user root if you can ... >although it doesn't really matter. > >3. Also, if you supply a name in your sqlhosts file ... be sure that your >internal DNS server if you have one is running fine ... I have found for >some reason that not having the internal DNS resolve the name of my >computer >to an IP created this error as well ... although there was an entry (and >has >to be) in my /etc/hosts file. Try changing the name to the actual IP if >you >can. > >I am sure that nothing was changed and it may just be that you were not >authenticated properly before logging in. I have had this happen a few >times on solaris boxes. Just try logging in again ... which I am sure you >probably tried. > >If you have still have problems ... just as a test check to see what >happens >when changing the sqlhosts file to 127.0.0.1 does ... I have found when >doing this test before anything (if you change this value ... you will need >to restart the engine) gave me some insights as to where the problem was >coming from (if it was a network problem). > >That's about as much advice as I can give. If you still have problems ... >try contacting informix to let then know of your situation ... hopefully >they can help .. or I am sure someone else in the list could. > >Lloyd AJ Wilson. > >Paul Picard wrote in message <7u4qvf$son$1@holly.prod.itd.earthlink.net>... > >I have got a big problem, (at least to me) our sys-admin rebooted our > >Solaris 2.6 box yesterday and ever > >since, I can't seem to get informix up on the network. In onmonitor, it > >shows what is in the subject of this > >message. The tail of the log file is below: > > > >07:46:24 On-Line Mode > >07:46:24 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds. > >07:46:34 listener-thread: err = -951: oserr = 0: errstr = informix:> >Incorrect password or user informix is not known on the database server. > > > >Nothing has changed on the system except for the reboot. I have verified > >that informix user is still there and > >that the password has not changed. > > > >Can anyone out there offer any advice? > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > >Paul Picard > >paul@reef.com > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com