Informix Error -43039: The ON-Bar log file must be owned by user informix.

Cause and resolution

The ON-Bar log file must be owned by user informix.

The log file that ON-Bar is attempting to open is owned by a user other than user informix.

Change the ownership of the log file to user informix, or change the BAR_ACT_LOG and/or BAR_DEBUG_LOG values in the ONCONFIG file to point to different log files.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-43039 fires when the ON-Bar log file ON-Bar is trying to open is owned by a user other than informix — per the official guidance.

The configured BAR_ACT_LOG/BAR_DEBUG_LOG file not owned by informix, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Change the log file's ownership to informix, per the official guidance, or
Change BAR_ACT_LOG/BAR_DEBUG_LOG in ONCONFIG to point to a different log file, per the official guidance.

Examples

Fixing log-file ownership

$ chown informix:informix $INFORMIXDIR/bar_act.log

Diagnostic Checks

Check the configured log file's ownership, and chown it to informix or repoint the ONCONFIG parameter.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-43038 — "The ON-Bar log file cannot be a symbolic link." A related ON-Bar log-file restriction, on symbolic-link status rather than ownership.

The ON-Bar log file isn't owned by informix — fix ownership or repoint the ONCONFIG parameter.