Re: Program Hang

From: comradepearce@my-deja.com > >I'm having problems with an application that uses Informix 7.24UC7. >The application is using the SE database engine. >The application is running on Solaris 2.5.x > >The application processes that run as root have no problems accessing >the database. > >The application process that runs in user mode hangs when it attempts >to open the database. From examination of the truss output generated >from the program, it appears that the application is waiting for a LWP >semaphore. > >The strange thing is that the user-mode program works fine on our test >machine, but NOT on the customers machine (which has a higher security >configuration). > >Comparing the truss output from our machine and the customer's machine, >it appears that the user mode program attempts to "fork and exec" the >"sqlexec" process to talk to the database. > >On the customer's machine, the fork calls are never made, while on our >test machine, the fork calls are made. Tovarisch, Check the permissions, ownership and group of the Informix binaries. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.