I believe if you're using shared memory, you have to be root.  The error
dsmerror.log won't stop you, though.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Harrison [SMTP:Gary.Harrison AT ARCADIAGROUP.CO DOT UK]
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 1998 7:23 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Running DSMADMC from a none ROOT user
>
>        Does anyone have any suggestions on how to run DSMADMC from a
> none
>        ROOT user in AIX.
>        We run AIX 4.2.1 . If I SU to root, all is well. If I run from
> a
>        none root user I get the following errors:
>
>
>        >dsmadmc
>        ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager
>        Command Line Administrative Interface - Version 3, Release 1,
> Level
>        0.0
>        (C) Copyright IBM Corporation, 1990, 1997, All Rights Reserved.
>
>        Enter your user id:  manages
>
>
>        ANS0110E LogMsg: Unable to open error log file 'dsmerror.log'
> for
>        output.
>        LogMsg: The file access permissions do not allow the specified
>        action.
>        ANS1475E Insufficient authority to connect to the shared memory
>        region
>        ANS8023E Unable to establish session with server.
>
>        ANS8002I Highest return code was -452.
>
>
>        Is this a limitation or a feature ??
>
>
>        Gary Harrison
>        Gary.Harrison AT Arcadiagroup.co DOT uk