Warning and Error Messages for Utility Security Checks

If the security check that a server utility performs at startup detects a problem, the security check returns an error message. These messages are returned when the message file and internationalization support are not available; therefore, the error messages do not have error numbers and are not translated.

For the following problems, one of the following messages displays and the utility continues:

• INFORMIXDIR or ONCONFIG is too long. Maximum length for $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG is 255 characters.
• INFORMIXSQLHOSTS is too long. Maximum length is 255 characters.
• ONCONFIG not set; TBCONFIG set. TBCONFIG will not be supported in future.

For the following problems, the utility exits and displays one of the following messages:

• User informix not found.
• Group informix not found.
• Could not access logical-file filename.
• Logical-file filename is not owned by user with id UID.
• Logical-file filename not owned by group with id GID.
• Logical-file filename has insecure mode mode.
• Could not access logical-file filename.

The following table defines the variables used in the messages above.