Re: Running without group Informix

>From: candle!root (Bruce Momjian) >Subject: Running without group Informix >Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1993 03:46:04 GMT >X-Informix-List-Id: <news.4839> > >I am running Informix On-Line on an HP-9000. Is there a way to allow >users to run Informix applications without their current group being >'informix'? > >When I try, it complains "Cannot attach to shared memory." This sort of thing invariably indicates an incorrectly installed product. The SUID root permissions on the OnLine engine are not working -- either because the program has incorrect permissions or because it is mounted on some sort of file system which doesn't allow SUID programs. Either will cause the trouble. You should never have ordinary users running with group informix as one of the groups they belong to. No-one needs such privileges except the informix login. Yours, Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h>