Informix Error -32156: Cannot open file.

Reasons / Common Causes

-32156 fires when the label.map or label.lok file can't be opened — per the official guidance.

1. The label.map/label.lok file doesn't exist, has wrong permissions, or has the wrong sensitivity level, per the official guidance — the direct cause; any one of these can prevent the open.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Check the existence, permission, and sensitivity level of label.map/label.lok, per the official guidance, and correct whichever is wrong.

Examples

Checking the files

$ ls -l $LABELMAPDIR/label.map $LABELMAPDIR/label.lok

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check label.map/label.lok's existence, permission bits, and sensitivity level.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -32154 — "Label.map file must be owned by DBSSO." A related label.map error, on ownership specifically rather than general open failure.
• -32155 — "tbload is locked. Remove label.lok file." A related label.map/ label.lok error, on a stale lock rather than the file being unopenable.

label.map or label.lok couldn't be opened — check existence, permission, and sensitivity level.