Re: correcting permission on Informix

Andrea, There are files in the $INFORMIXDIR/etc directory which tell what the ownerships and permissions on the Informix files should be. They are called onlinefiles (for the online instance), esqlfiles (for the esql related files), and so on. I just keep a hard copy of these files in case the permissions go haywire. We have had two power outages which when the systems came back up, the ownership and permissions had changed, so I know it can happen. Once you have these filelist files, it's easy to use the Unix commands of chown, and chmod to reset the corrupted file permissions/ownerships. Take care, Tracy W. Nedd National Weather Service - DBA vball@skipper.ssmc.noaa.gov } } } } As it is known, in the directory with the Informix's program files, there is } a necessity that some of these files must have particular rights and/or owner, } group, etc... } } If the permissions or the ownership of these particular files change for one } reason or another, the system stops being operational. } } Is there any method which enables us to restore the correct permissions and/or } ownership of these special files, if by mistake there is a change on them, } without having to re-install the entire environment ? } } We thank you. } Andrea Antonello } } }