RE: Connecting from SCO Unix to an Informix database running on W

Having you tried running a truss on it? That will tell the exact device it's trying to open and in which mode. I agree with Art that everything points to some network configuration problem. Is there an accompanying isam error, anything in /var/adm/messages. Is the OS patched as per the release notes? A long shot would be to try and move the service number to below 1024. I've only ever seen this make a difference on a Sun box running a secure network. Like I said a long shot. > > "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote: > > >Limis BV wrote: > >> > >> I'm trying to make a connection from a SCO UNIX machine > >> to a Informix database running on Windows NT, but I get > >> the following Informix error message on the Unix machine > >> when I try to connect to the database: > >> > >> -25574 Networkdriver cannot open the network device > >> > >> What is going wrong ? > >> Should there be anything installed/enabled ? > >> > >> I'm using the following settings on the Unix machine: > >> > >> $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts: > >> > >> ol_asterix ontlitcp asterix turbo> >> > >> /etc/services: > >> > >> turbo 1526/tcp > >> srv_agent 1530/tcp > >> > >> OS specs: > >> > >> SCO UNIX 3.2v5.0.4 > >> Windows NT 4.0 Server > >> Informix ODS 7.22.TC1 > > >Can you do anything else network-y on that SCO box? Can you ping > >asterix? Is asterix listed in /etc/hosts? SCO does not come with > >networking enabled by default you have to install the > networking option. > > That's not the problem the SCO machine already runs more than 5 years > in a network with other unix and windows machines. > > I think the problem is that informix does a system call and fails. > The question is what call it makes (to with service/device) ? > > If anyone can answer me this question, I can check if that > service/device > is present on the SCO machine. > > >Art S. Kagel > >