Re: accessing shared memory

---- you wrote: > Hi > How do I set up a user so that they can access shared memory (ie. they can use the onstat - command) . Currently only root can access shared memory (not even informix can access shared memory or use the onstat - command) > > I have tried stting up the group so that informix is a member of informix group > but this does not seem to make any difference That's probably your problem Dude. You have to create a user informix and make it the only member of a group informix BEFORE you install your Informix software. Otherwise root will not be able to grant any permissions to informix, user or group. AB ---------------------------------------------------------------- Get your free email from AltaVista at http://altavista.iname.com