Users wanting to connect to a Linux database server using a Windows machine as the ‘front end’, should note that the Linux server will need to be running some form of socket protocol (such as onsoctcp or ontlitcp) in order to establish the connection. You may also benefit from having the Informix SDK/Informix Connect installed on your local machine so that you have a copy of setnet32.
To use the Informix SDK, you must have it installed on your local machine. The Informix SDK can be installed from a CD if you have one. Otherwise, the latest version can be downloaded from the IBM Web site at www.ibm.com/us/. In the search field at the top of the page, type ‘Informix Connect for Windows’ and click the search button. The first link on the results page should lead you to the appropriate download page. |
These instructions assume that Informix is being installed from a CDROM. In order to install Informix successfully a user and group with the name Informix need to be created, as well as a directory into which Informix can be installed.
A Unix/Linux connection is controlled by the Informix file sqlhosts, which is located in $INFORMIXDIR\etc. Hydra reads the information in the sqlhosts file and configures the connection by itself.
You do need to set the environment variable INFORMIXSERVER to the name of the instance that you want to connect to.
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