Ooh. I was so excited at the possibility of this last reply. I didn't know about the option so i have been busily trying to get this to work. But I am failing still.
Here's what I tried an it's result:
# proadsv -start -admingroup system,adm,sys
OpenEdge Release 10.0B05 as of Sat Apr 15 03:44:54 EDT 2006
User root is not authorized to start Admin Server
So I may be flirting with the right command now, but haven't got it to work yet. Maybe that is because I may have to go all the way back to a reinstall. But I am going to play with these groups a bit more, and ask someone with a similar machine what their group file looks like. Maybe i am just missing an entry or user for Progress perhaps? I could be close. Thanks for the ideas.
# cat /etc/group
system:!:0:root,esaadmin,dbunda
staff:!:1:ipsec,esaadmin,jodir
bin:!:2:root,bin
sys:!:3:root,bin,sys
adm:!:4:bin,adm
uucp:!:5:uucp,nuucp
mail:!:6:
security:!:7:root
cron:!:8:root
printq:!:9:lp
audit:!:10:root
ecs:!:28:
nobody:!:4294967294:nobody,lpd
usr:!:100:guest
perf:!:20:
shutdown:!:21:
lp:!:11:root,lp
invscout:!:12:invscout
snapp:!:13:snapp
ipsec:!:200: