RE: chunk links changed owner after reboot

-----Original Message----- From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of pretzel Sent: 24 January 2006 03:25 AM >IDS 10 >Solaris 10 >Sun V480 > > >Had quite a scare today, when after rebooting our system, the chunks >seemed to be corrupted. > >Turned out that ownership of all the chunk raw devices (we use symbolic >links) had reverted to root. > >Chown back to informix:informix fixed it, but it seemed like my heart >stopped for a few minutes. > >I wonder why this happened, and what I can do to preserve owner and >group on the chunk raw devices. > >Regards, > >DG Are your raw devices managed by third party software ? In my case I use Solaris, and Volume Manager, and I have to set the permissions on the chunks usings VM's "vxedit" command, to make the settings permanent > The information on this e-mail including any attachments relates to the official business of DigiCare (Pty) Ltd. The information is confidential and legally privileged and is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorised and as such any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted in reliance on it is unlawful. Please notify the sender immediately if it has inadvertently reached you and do not read, disclose or use the content in any way. > No responsibility whatsoever is accepted by DigiCare (Pty) Ltd if the information is, for whatever reason, corrupted or does not reach its intended destination. The views expressed in this e-mail are the views of the individual sender and should in no way be construed as the views of DigiCare (Pty) Ltd, except where the sender has specifically stated them to be the views of DigiCare (Pty) Ltd. >