Ingres Access Issues
Windows, UNIX, VMS: The following sections deal with access issues that can prevent you from starting ABF or Vision. 
Servers
To use ABF and Vision, connect to a database, unless you use the –nodatabase flag. If you are connecting to a database, the necessary Ingres servers must be running. Use the show option of the iinamu utility to check that you have the appropriate Ingres servers running:
• The Name Server
• The DBMS Server
• The Communications Server, if you are using Net
If the appropriate servers are not running, ask the system administrator to start them.
See the System Administrator Guide for more information about the iinamu utility.
Permissions
ABF or Vision gives a start-up error if it cannot write the output files or temporary files that it requires. To check that you have read and write permissions to the appropriate directories, use the following procedures.
The ING_ABFDIR Directory
To check that you have defined the ING_ABFDIR logical/ environment variable to a directory for which you have read and write permissions:
Windows: At the operating system prompt, type:
ingprenv ING_ABFDIR 
UNIX:
1. At the operating system prompt, type:
echo $ING_ABFDIR
If you see the name of a valid directory, proceed to step 3.
2. If you do not see the name of a valid directory, then type:
ingprenv ING_ABFDIR
Use the ls -ld command to check that you have read and write permissions for this directory. 
VMS:
3. At the operating system prompt, type:
show logical ing_abfdir
You must see the name of a valid directory.
4. Use the dir/security command to check that you have read/write/delete permissions for this directory. 
If ING_ABFDIR is not defined correctly, contact the system administrator.
Temporary Files
ABF and Vision create temporary files in the directory defined by the II_TEMPORARY logical/environment variable, if you have defined it. Otherwise, temporary files are created in your current working directory. Use the following procedure to check that you have permissions to create temporary files:
Windows:
At the operating system prompt, type:
echo %II_TEMPORARY %
ingprenv II_TEMPORARY 
UNIX:
At the operating system prompt, type each of the following commands as necessary, until you see the name of a valid directory:
echo $II_TEMPORARY
ingprenv II_TEMPORARY
pwd
Use the ls -ld command to check that you have read and write permissions for this directory. 
VMS:
1. At the operating system prompt, type:
show logical ii_temporary
If you see the name of a valid directory, then proceed to step 3.
2. If you do not see the name of a valid directory, then type:
show default
3. Use the dir/security command to check that you have read/write/delete permissions for this directory. 
Last modified date: 11/28/2023