OSERR : 5 "Access is denied."

**The Boss** · Apr 1 '08, 10:55 PM

Re: OSERR : 5 "Access is denied."

Odd B Andersen wrote:

I get this message in the db2diag.log.
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2008-04-01-10.41.37.174000 +120 E13321H539 LEVEL: Error (OS)
PID : 3528 TID : 144 PROC : db2syscs.exe
INSTANCE: DB2 NODE : 000 DB : XDKD01
APPHDL : 0-3541 APPID: 139.108.97.170. 43026.080401084 1
EDUID : 144 EDUNAME: db2agent (XDKD01) 0
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, oper system services,
sqloAuthzGetInf ormationFromSid , probe:10
MESSAGE : ZRC=0x83000005=-2097151995
CALLED : OS, -, AuthzInitialize ContextFromSid
OSERR : 5 "Access is denied."
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The message seems to occur every hour or so (hh.41.ss) with some stray
occurences from time to time (2 stray occurences up until now today).
Seems to me that this is a security/authentication issue, but I have
not been able to pinpoint exactly what is happening and causing the
error message.
Does anyone have a clue as to what this is, or a suggestion to how I
can take a snapshot or monitor the database in the hope to catch the
events that is the explanation for this?
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DB2 ESE 9.5
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (SP2).

It is an Operating System (authentication ) error, in your case in Windows in
function "AuthzInitializ eContextFromSid ".

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v8/topic/com.ibm.db2.udb.pd.doc/pd/c0020819.htm

I have no/very limited experience with DB2 on Windows, but I would suggest
first to have a look at Windows' Event Viewer for any additional clues (both
in the System Event Log and in the Security Event Log).
And you might google searching for "AuthzInitializ eContextFromSid "+"access
denied", which will give you quite a number of hits from Microsoft and
related forums.
Obviously, I didn't research all of them, but I came accross this one giving
some explanation on the function:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa376309(VS.85).aspx

HTH.

--
Jeroen

OSERR : 5 "Access is denied."

OSERR : 5 "Access is denied."

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