How can I use the dbstop command-line utility to shut down an ASA server running on NetWare?
A. To shut down an ASA server using dbstop, you need to be able to connect to one of the running databases as a DBA. (Note that this is the default behaviour; you can change the shutdown permission requirement by using the -gk switch on the server.) You need to give all of the necessary connection parameters to dbstop; for example “dbstop -c ENG=myserver;LINKS=tcpip;UID=dba;PWD=sql”. Alternatively, you can set up an ODBC DSN and specify the DSN name; for example “dbstop -c DSN=mydsn”. If you do not know the password to any DBA-level user on any of the running databases, or if the server is not running any databases, it is still possible to shut down the server. ASA servers always run a “pseudo-database” called the utility database to which you can connect as a DBA using dbstop to shut down the server. The password for the utility database is contained in a file called util_db.ini, located in the same subdirectory as dbsrvn.nlm.
