Re: Shared Memory question - Abhay Mannur.

Posted in 1998

Mark D. Stock — Thu, 23 Jul 1998 15:43:23 +0200 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Abhay Mannur wrote: > > While installing Informix, the manual says that login as 'root' --- why > ? So the correct permissions are set. > I think due to this, the oninit in $INFORMIXDIR/bin is owned by root : > informix. Correct. > So I ( informix ) can't use ipcrm to remove the shared memory segments. Correct. > If I install Informix using informix login what will happen ? Don't! Probably give errors any way. The processes and shared memory segments are owned by root from version 7 onwards. This is correct. Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ |Mark D. Stock - Informix SA http://www.informix.com |//////// /| |mailto:mdstock@informix.com http://www.iiug.org |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | Tel: +27 11 807 0313 |If it's slow, the users complain. |/// / ////| | Fax: +27 11 807 2594 |If it's fast, the users keep quiet.|// / /////| |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Therefore, "No news: travels fast"!|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+