Re: New user to informix

In article <34b8220b.21039182@nntp.best.ix.netcom.com>, "Gary L. Burnore" <gburnore@netcom.com> writes >On Thu, 08 Jan 1998 10:35:37 -0800, Erik Frazier ><erik_frazier@bmc.com> wrote: > >>Trying to prepare a testing environment and a Cooked file space. >> >>I tried doing a cat /dev/null > rootdbs and it comes out with 0 bytes. >> >>I specified the right parms in the onconfig file, but I get a error >>trying to allocate to shared memory. >> >>Any recommendations? > > >After the cat /dev/null > rootdbs (yes it should be zero bytes then, >that's what cat'ing dev null to it does) > >Did you change the permissions, owner and group? > >chmod 664 rootdbs 660 (!!) >chgrp informix rootdbs >chown informix rootdbs > >This will snag you every time. > -- 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