problem Writing to infos file......initialization hangs

Posted in 2004

tomL — 8 Jan 2004 08:59:28 -0800 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

hello all, we are on informix 9.40 FC2 on HP-UX 11.11 (64 bit) and are having a problem initializing. the init hangs on "writing to infos file" - it seems like some kind of permissions problem but am not sure. it looks like two files are created anew, a .conf file and a .infos file. When comparing a system that does not hang, the difference is that the files are under root informix on the system that hangs but under informix informix on the system that doesn't. the files are read, write. i am trying to init under user informix and it seems these files are created correctly but then it is like informix cannot write to them. it does not help for me to remove the existing files or change their owner, as the newly created ones always come up as root. thanks for any help! tom

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TBP — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:59:08 +0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

tomL wrote: > hello all, > we are on informix 9.40 FC2 on HP-UX 11.11 (64 bit) and are having a > problem initializing. the init hangs on "writing to infos file" - it > seems like some kind of permissions problem but am not sure. it looks > like two files are created anew, a .conf file and a .infos file. > When comparing a system that does not hang, the difference is that the > files are under root informix on the system that hangs but under > informix informix on the system that doesn't. the files are read, > write. i am trying to init under user informix and it seems these > files are created correctly but then it is like informix cannot write > to them. it does not help for me to remove the existing files or > change their owner, as the newly created ones always come up as root. > thanks for any help! > > tom What does ls -l $INFORMIXDIR/bin/oninit show? Is the $INFORMIXDIR local to the machine?