"onaudit -l 1" not working

Hi, I'm in a bit of a rush (last minute urgent request from management). We are running: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC8XF on AIX 5 We have auditing enabled on Production, and this gets restored to a DR server (where auditing is not enabled). I am trying to enable it, but get the error: /audit/auditing # onaudit -l 1 Onaudit -- Audit Subsystem Configuration Utility Copyright IBM Corporation 1996, 2004 All rights reserved. Cannot set audit configuration parameters. Problem may be caused by lack of permission, bad parameter values, or bad parameter combinations. I haven't worked with onaudit before - any quick tips ? I compared the file permissions between the production and the DR server, and they are the same. So I am assuming this is something else ? Management didn't give me enough time to RTFM, my apologies. Dirk

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 08:38, Dc Dirk Moolman <DIRK@za.ibm.com> wrote: > Hi, I'm in a bit of a rush (last minute urgent request from management). > > We are running: > IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC8XF on AIX 5 > > We have auditing enabled on Production, and this gets restored to a DR > server (where auditing is not enabled). I am trying to enable it, but get > the error: > > /audit/auditing # onaudit -l 1 > Onaudit -- Audit Subsystem Configuration Utility > Copyright IBM Corporation 1996, 2004 All rights reserved. > > Cannot set audit configuration parameters. > Problem may be caused by lack of permission, bad > parameter values, or bad parameter combinations. > > The '#' in the prompt suggests you are working as root. Don't. Work as informix. If you have role-separation enabled, then the discussion gets more complex. > I haven't worked with onaudit before - any quick tips ? I compared the > file permissions between the production and the DR server, and they are > the same. So I am assuming this is something else ? > > Management didn't give me enough time to RTFM, my apologies. > -- Jonathan Leffler <jonathan.leffler@gmail.com> #include <disclaimer.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix - v2008.0513 - http://dbi.perl.org "Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never cease to be amused." --90e6ba6e89c60dd14704a17163f0

onaudit has a bad tendency to raise cryptic errors. Things to try: onaudit -l 1 -p ... -e ... (full options). Earlier versions had problemswith this (but I think it only affected V7) Make sure it's run with Informix... On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Dc Dirk Moolman <DIRK@za.ibm.com> wrote: > Hi, I'm in a bit of a rush (last minute urgent request from management). > > We are running: > IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC8XF > on AIX 5 > > We have auditing enabled on Production, and this gets restored to a DR > server (where auditing is not enabled). I am trying to enable it, but get > the error: > > /audit/auditing # onaudit -l 1 > Onaudit -- Audit Subsystem Configuration Utility > Copyright IBM Corporation 1996, 2004 All rights reserved. > > Cannot set audit configuration parameters. > Problem may be caused by lack of permission, bad > parameter values, or bad parameter combinations. > > I haven't worked with onaudit before - any quick tips ? I compared the > file permissions between the production and the DR server, and they are > the same. So I am assuming this is something else ? > > Management didn't give me enough time to RTFM, my apologies. > > Dirk > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > -- Fernando Nunes Portugal http://informix-technology.blogspot.com My email works... but I don't check it frequently... --001636eedfcccb5dcb04a1720ccd

have you tried setting config file in /opt/informix/aaodir drwxrwxr-x 2 informix informix 8192 Jul 28 2010 aaodir here is what i use adtcfg.1 (1 is the instance SERVERNUM ) ADTMODE 1 # Auditing mode ADTPATH /home/informix/audit_files # Directory where audit trails will be written by OnLine ADTSIZE 50000 # Maximum size of any single audit trail file ADTERR 0 # Error handling modes. You will need to have following in adtcfg file as well ADTMODE 1 # Auditing mode ADTPATH /home/informix/audit_files # Directory where audit trails will be written by On Line ADTSIZE 50000 # Maximum size of any single audit trail file ADTERR 0 # Error handling modes. You will have to restart instance what does onaudit -c show ? as others have said should be informix user