RE: Why do some oninit process's run as root?

Without knowing more about your system, I'll venture a guess. You are most likely starting Informix using a script called by the init process. This will run by default as root. The solution, if you must have Informix run other than by root, is to write a script that sets all of your environment variables, and then starts the engine. Then in the startup scripts call the script like the following: su informix -c "/usr/local/bin/start_informix.shl" This should create the processes as user Informix. -----Original Message----- From: david.tamburin [SMTP:david.tamburin@protegrity.com] Posted At: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 1:04 AM Posted To: Informix Conversation: Why do some oninit process's run as root? Subject: Why do some oninit process's run as root? Hello all, Why do some oninit process's run as root? As everyone know running anything as root is a security issue on unix systems. Is there any way to run all process's as informix? Thanks in advance david.tamburin@protegrity.com