Re: /etc/services entries.

John wrote in message <01bd3672$81b77ee0$LocalHost@default>... >Can anyone think of a reason why I can't re-use the same services numbers >for engines on different physical servers ?? > You *can* do this, but from an enterprise network perspective I'd recommend against it. The following example shows two servers with different tcp ports identified. They will never collide across the network. Example: Server: fool INFORMIXSERVER=ol_fool/etc/service entry: sv_ol_fool 50001/tcp Server: jester INFORMIXSERVER=ol_jester/etc/service entry: sv_ol_jester 50002/tcp If you numbered jester the same as fool you'd have a collision between the fool and the jester on a typical network. Now that would not be so funny. Since there are supposedly 65536 possible tcp/ip channels there are plenty of unique numbers to choose from. Keeping them unique allows you to connect to each one, especially with the IECC. Simply add the service entries to both machines, no collisions on the numbers, set up your setnet32, and voila, you're connected. The UNIX set up may require additional management, but it's been a while since I fiddled with it. Example, put this in each service file on servers you wish to be recognized on the network: sv_ol_fool 50001/tcp sv_ol_jester 50002/tcp The "sv_" prefix is not mandatory, but allows a little self-documentation. This should work for NT or UNIX. >Also, is Informix reading the user-name or the UID when connecting to >another engine on a different machine? > > As far as I understand it, it's using the user name with NT, and with UNIX as well, however somebody else can confirm this. It's my understanding this whole thing revolves around user names. Tim Tim Schaefer tschaefe@mindspring.com http://www.inxutil.com ICQ:6358805 #include <better_documentation.h>