Troubleshooting
Problem
INFORMIXDIR /opt/informix is not owned by user with id 200
Symptom
Running any onstat command results in a error indicating the $INFORMIXDIR is not owned by the userid (UID) of user informix:
INFORMIXDIR /opt/informix is not owned by user with id 200
Cause
Permissions are not set correctly on $INFORMIXDIR
Diagnosing The Problem
Run ls -l on $INFORMIXDIR and note the permissions
example:
drwxr-xr-x 21 sys informix 512 Jul 9 09:48 informix
Resolving The Problem
Change permissions so the owner and group of $INFORMIXDIR are informix informix:
example:
chown informix:informix /opt/informix
ls -l /opt/informix
drwxr-xr-x 21 informix informix 512 Jul 9 09:48 informix
[{"Product":{"code":"SSGU8G","label":"Informix Servers"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud & Data Platform"},"Component":"--","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"},{"code":"PF008","label":"DYNIX\/ptx"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF015","label":"IRIX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF026","label":"Reliant UNIX"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"}],"Version":"10.0;11.1;11.5;9.4;11.7","Edition":"Developer;Enterprise;Express;Workgroup;Ultimate;Growth;Innovator","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB10","label":"Data and AI"}}]
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Document Information
Modified date:
16 June 2018
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