Re: Single User Limit Exceeded

In article <60ghvn$t3o@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Nigel Gall <nigelg@ppsl.com> writes > >Look in $INFORMIXDIR/etc for a hidden file (like .selock or something). It I believe it is .seuser >will contain only one line in it. A client of mine a long time ago had >that problem with version 6.00 of SE in that whe the user exited his >Informix client application, the lock file was not removed. We had to >upgrade eventually, but the initial workaround was to write a script for >all my client applications which would call the real client and then remove >the lock file. For example, we renamed the executable isql to isql.exe and >created a script called isql which had the lines: > > isql $* # this was incase any command line args were >sent > rm $INFORMIXDIR/etc/.selock # replace selock with actual name of the >lockfile > >Hope this helps. > >At 08:09 PM 9/25/97 EDT, you wrote: >> >>Hello: >> >>I am running a single user version of ISQL on SCO Unix (ver 4.12) and I >>get a "-753 Single user limit has been exceeded" message when I try to >>run ISQL under a different user than my own. This happens even if I am >>not logged in, another user cannot run the program. >> >>Does anyone know where the magical lock file is that is saying I am >>using the program even though I am not? >> >>Thanks, >> >>Bill Betz >> > >Best regards, >Nigel >+-------------------------------------------------------------+ >|Name : Edmund Nigel Gall Tel: (868) 636 3153 | >|Title : Information Systems Specialist Fax: (868) 679 3770 | >|Company: Process Plant Services Limited | >|Address: Atlantic Avenue, Point Lisas Industrial Estate | >| Point Lisas, Couva, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. | >+----- mailto:nigelg@ppsl.com ------ http://www.ppsl.com -----+ > -- David Williams