Re: Problem initializing

In article <71no8c$1e$1@news.xmission.com>, Bill Ennis <bille@crt.com> writes > >Hi, > >It's been a while since I've created an instance and were using a 3rd >party app from HP called Praesidum that uses Informix underneath. The >platform is HP-UX 10.2 with Informix 7.11.UC2 > >During the initial install of Praecidum the Informix online instance >is initialized for the first time. This fails complaining about a Fatal >error in shared memory initialization. BUT the online.log file contains the >following message: > >--------------------------- >Tue Nov 3 10:32:12 1998 > >10:32:12 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) >10:32:12 The chunk '/var/opt/odss/authpdb/authpdbs' must have owner-ID and>group-ID set to informix. > Check this is not a link to something with the wrong permissions. >10:32:12 INFORMIX-OnLine Stopped. >10:32:12 mt_shm_remove: WARNING: may not have removed all/correct segments >-----------------------------> >The permissions on the chunk are as follows: >chihdp03:[3579]-> ll /var/opt/odss/authpdb/authpdbs >-rw-rw---- 1 informix informix 0 Nov 3 10:32 >/var/opt/odss/authpdb/authpdbs > > >I've also checked out the kernal params on the machine and they appear ok. > >What else is there to look at? > >Thanks, >Bill > > > -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care