problem of informix

[hampaiah]

getting this error while trying to chexk the status of informix database on a HP-UX server
$onstat -
"/home/informix/bin/onstat: Setuid execution not allowed
shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER 'aesnsoc'"

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
and welcome to the forums !
Has this worked before, or is this a new install ?
Make sure it does not have the nosuid option in the /etc/fstab for /home/informix.

There are a lot of hits for the individual error.
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=143767
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=285508

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[Bill Hassell]

> Setuid execution not allowed

Check the mount options for /home. It is a common security feature to disable setuid on HOME directories. Look in /etc/fstab for the /home mount point. If it shows nosuid, then that is your problem.

I would uninstall Informix and install it in the correct directory which is /opt/informix. The /home directory is unsafe and inappropriate for production software. Any user can make a mistake and fill up /home, thus disabling any applications that are run from there.

[Reshma Malusare]

Hi,
check in /etc/fstab... whether uid is set or not.

Regards
Reshma

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
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