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oninit: Fatal error in initializing ASF with 'ASF_INIT_DATA' flags; asfcode = '-28014'.

Troubleshooting


Problem

Trying to bring up informix server after configuring Secure Socket Layer connections (SSL setup), server fails to come up with following error: Initialization of Encryption...succeeded oninit: Fatal error in initializing ASF with 'ASF_INIT_DATA' flags; asfcode = '-28014'. Initializing ASF...FAILED WARNING: server initialization failed, or possibly timed out (if -w was used). Check the message log, online.log, for errors.

Symptom

You will see following error message in the online.log


      shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER 'demo_on'

      Message Log File: /work/1150FC9/demo/server/online.log
      02:35:28  IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started.
      02:35:28  Requested shared memory segment size rounded from 32656KB to 32768KB
      02:35:28  The number of configured CPU poll threads exceeds 'NUMCPUVPS'.
               NETTYPE 'demo_on' poll threads started on NET VPs.


      Fri May 17 02:35:28 2013

      02:35:28  Event alarms enabled.  ALARMPROG = '/work/1150FC9/etc/alarmprogram.sh'
      02:35:28  IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit) version 7.0.4.27.
      02:35:28  Secure Sockets Layer error: GSK_ERROR_BAD_KEYFILE_PASSWORD.

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Modified date:
03 June 2021

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