Installation Guide


Starting EMSRV for UNIX operating systems

On UNIX platforms, the EMSRV process will have the file access permissions of the UNIX account that starts EMSRV. The UNIX account name that is used to start EMSRV is referred to as the EMSRV account name, and the password for that account is referred to as the EMSRV account password.

Perform the following steps to start EMSRV for UNIX:

  1. Change directory to the directory containing the EMSRV executable (as specified previously in Setting up EMSRV for UNIX operating systems).
  2. Verify that:
  3. Determine whether your UNIX system is using shadow passwords and choose the correct binary (see Authentication on UNIX Platforms).
  4. At the command line, enter either emsrv.shadow or emsrv as appropriate with the desired parameters (see EMSRV Startup options).

For example, at a command line, enter either: emsrv.shadow -w -xd21 -xd24 -lc -lflogfile or emsrv -w -xd21 -xd24 -lc -lflogfile.

The command does the following:

Note:
The UNIX account password is needed when shutting down EMSRV remotely using EMADMIN.


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