Re: Must be a DBSA to run this program

David MacAllister wrote: > > Help !!! > > I've not long started out on my journey as a DBA, just a few weeks in > fact. > > I had managed to install 7.21 UD4 with no problems and get the server > to > on-line mode when disaster struck. > > I found out that we didn't have a driver that supported this rev of > OnLine > with our development tool (Uniface), and that one would not be > available in > the foreseeable future, so the only option was to go back a rev to one > that > we knew would work, that being 7.12.UC1. > > I have now been given the task of setting Informix 7.12 UC1 on a > DataGeneral DG Aviion 8500 running unix 4.11 MU01. > > Having done onmode -b 7.10, I managed to install all the products > sucessfully, but when I initilize the server, at the end of > Initialization, > a message states that I must be a DBSA to run this program. > > I checked the permissions on all the files in the Informix directory, > and > they seemed ok, so then tried again, and still same message, so at the > command line I tried an oninit -i, and message returned from unix > UX:sh: > ERROR oninit : Not found. > > Any help in this matter would be very much appreciated Are you logged in as Informix? Otherwise check your environment, e.g. INFORMIXDIR PATH INFORMIXSERVER INFORMIXSQLHOSTS ONCONFIG etc... Hope that helps, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ |Mark D. Stock - Informix SA http://www.informix.com |//////// /| |mailto:mdstock@informix.com FAQ http://www.iiug.org |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | Tel: +27 11 807 0313 |If it's slow, the users complain. |/// / ////| | Fax: +27 11 807 2594 |If it's fast, the users keep quiet.|// / /////| |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Therefore, "No news: travels fast"!|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+