Re: [WARNING]SATAN can crash Online!

Brian K. Holman (bkh@lib1.byu.edu) wrote: : I ran SATAN on my UNIX server that has Informix ONLINE 7.1 on it. I had it : do a heavy scan and it crashed Online with the following error message: : ^^^^^^^ : ---online.log--- : 11:34:24 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 0 seconds. : 11:34:36 Assert Failed: Internal Error - Segmentation Violation : 11:34:36 Who: Thread(12, soctcplst, 0, 1) : 11:34:36 Results: OnLine must abort : 11:34:36 Action: Reinitialize shared memory : 11:34:36 See Also: , shmem.32eca6.0 : 11:34:49 rsdebug.c, line 3557, thread 12, proc id 586, Segmentation Violation. : 11:34:49 PANIC: Attempting to bring system down : ---------------- : Of course this problem will only occur if you have a TCP entry in your : sqlhosts file with something like the following: : ---sqlhosts--- : hostname onsoctcp hostname online : -------------- I don't understand enough about SATAN to follow your logic here. Could you explain, please? -- graeme -- Disclaimer: The author's opinions are his own, and not necessarily those of Pyramid Technology Ltd. or Pyramid Technology Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -m------- Graeme Sargent Voice: +44 (0)252 373035 ---mmm----- Senior Database Consultant Fax : +44 (0)252 373135 -----mmmmm--- Pyramid Technology Ltd. Telex: Tell who??? -------mmmmmmm- Farnborough, Hants GU14 7PL Email: graeme@pyra.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the technology. The tricky bit is learning how to use it.