Re: ERROR DURING STARTUP

Melvin Mariney (melvin.mariney2@bridge.bellsouth.com) wrote: : Edward Bidinotto <bidinott@ucar.edu> wrote: : >I go in to onmonitor and everything seems to work but it will not : >initialize the instance. and then I get this error in the log. : >Where is there information on INFORMIXTMP? : >-- 10:39:56 Error: Unable to reset open files limit, must run as : >super-user : >10:39:56 net_init.c, line 225, thread 1, error in creating : >/INFORMIXTMP. : >10:39:56 PANIC: Attempting to bring system down : The problem that you seem to be having is that Informix can not create : the /INFORMIXTMP directory at startup. Are you trying to bring up the : instance as root or informix? If so, it may be some type of permission : problem under the root directory. Or a problem with the permissions on your OnLine executables. onmonitor and oninit are supposed to run as root (owner:root/group:informix, perm:6754 and 6755, respectively). June ---- June Tong Informix Software ---- ---- Senior Consultant (415) 926-6140 ---- ---- International Support junet@informix.com ---- ---- Location-du-jour: Menlo Park ---- * * Standard disclaimers apply * - Please do not send me requests/questions by mail. When I have the knowledge - and time permits, I try to answer questions on comp.databases.informix, but - travel schedule, time, and volume make responding to personal requests - difficult and often slow. Please call your local Informix Technical Support - organization for assistance with technical issues.