The .bin File

[Mousa55]

Hi
How to install the "crashinfo.bin" on my server rp8420.
i am put the file in the true directory
/var/adm/crash/crash.0 and i am change the permission to 755 of these file
but i cant install
thanks

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

First, from where did you obtain this?

Is it a standalone executable? In that case, you might place it in '/usr/local/bin'.

If it is a '.depot' then it would be installed by 'swinstall'.

In either case, it would not be placed in '/var/adm/crash'. That is the directory to which a server's crash dump is written for subsequent analysis.

You should have something like a README file or some set of instructions. What do they say?

A Google search finds 'crashinfo.bin' on a Chinese forum site unrelated to any official HP / ITRC. Interestingly, it is "described" as an "HP Internal Tool", which I suspect it in fact is.

If you are having problems with your server and are getting crash dumps and want analysis, you should contact the ITRC Support Center for help.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Steven Schweda]

The "crashinfo.bin" which I found on the net
seems to be some kind of self-extracting
mess. Have you tried executing it?

Have you even opened it using a text editor
to see what's inside?

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi,

In general, it is quite dangerous to install unidentified software of any kind.

what is the output of:
which crashinfo.bin
file crashinfo.bin

it would be more wise to delete it if you cannot identify the source and unsure about what it is supposed to perform.


kind regards
yogeeraj

[Steven Schweda]

> In general, it is quite dangerous to
> install unidentified software of any kind.

_Potentially_ dangerous.

Which is why you should look at it first.
This thing (at least the thing _I_ found)
looked pretty harmless.

Of course, if your idea of installing it is
to put it into /var/adm/crash/crash.0, then
you might get some more expert advice before
proceeding.

[whiteknight · Accepted solution]

Nejad,

# chmod 755 crashinfo.bin
# ./crashinfo.bin -v

It will extract out.

WK

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[Mousa55]

Thanks for all