Re: Newbie question: Informix SE on Linux

KakukZ said >I'm on kernel 2.0.27, and I can't connect with seipcpip. That's why I assumed that >unnamed pipes only supported in 2.0.30 & above. I always get a 25591 error from >dbaccess. But I will NEVER give up! :) Anyone has an idea? Your $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts must look like: server_se seipcpip host1 sqlexec server_se sesoctcp host2 1536 You can use whatever string you like for the server name (server_se). The host1 in the first line must match *exactly* the output of "uname -n". You may not use just the hostname if "uname -m" gives you the fully qualified name - i.e. with a domain (it's got dots in it). You may not use "localhost" - unless "uname -m" tells you your hostname is localhost (which is wrong anyway...). The host2 in the second line may match host1 or may not. It must, however, be something that can be looked up via /etc/hosts, NIS or DNS and turned into an IP address for the machine providing the service. The 1536 is the port number or name the server process is listening on. Informix scans the sqlhosts file and uses the first matching line it finds. So if your uname matches the host name in an seipcpip line first you get pipes, otherwise you drop through and use the sesoctcp line. This allows the same sqlhosts file to be used company wide rather than being machine specific. Mike -- .----------------------------------------------------------------------. | Mike Jagdis | Internet: mailto:mike@roan.co.uk | | Roan Technology Ltd. | | | 54A Peach Street, Wokingham | Telephone: +44 118 989 0403 |