topic Re: swinstall permission problem in Operating System - HP-UX

swinstall permission problem

David Watts — Thu, 07 Dec 2000 13:36:35 GMT

Hi,

I am root, via console, and trying to install software using swinstall but am being blocked with :

* Started install agent on "/" for root@bhxns05, pid=27095,
12/07/00 12:30:43 GMT
* Agent pid=27095 completed. 12/07/00 12:31:47 GMT
* Started install agent on "/" for root@bhxns05, pid=452,
12/07/00 13:28:20 GMT
ERROR: Access denied to root@bhxns05 to start agent on unregistered
depot "/home/dwatts/lsof-4.51-sd-11.00.depot". No (i)nsert
permission on host. 12/07/00 13:28:21 GMT
* Agent pid=452 completed. 12/07/00 13:32:17 GMT

This smacks of ACL denial but I am root!! I should not need to set up any ACLs for root, they are as default.

Any clues.

Cheers

David

Re: swinstall permission problem

Alex Glennie — Thu, 07 Dec 2000 13:50:30 GMT

check swacl permissions for root user !

it'll either be root or host access permissions i suspect

man swacl has good info ...

Re: swinstall permission problem

David Watts — Thu, 07 Dec 2000 13:54:01 GMT

the man page and the book both say that root is not governed by the ACL rules.

Anyway, I have check with servers that work and they are exaclty the same host ACL's, which don't specify an ACL for user root.

Re: swinstall permission problem

Pete Ellis — Thu, 07 Dec 2000 13:54:42 GMT

Have you checked your ACLs, swacl -l host
If you don't have cwrit then your default has changed! Check your sw logs to see what and when was last installed.
Reset using; swacl -l host -M usr:root:cwrit

Re: swinstall permission problem

Alex Glennie — Thu, 07 Dec 2000 13:55:13 GMT

Also are you missing the /var/spool/sw directory

Try Stop and started swagentd

use swreg -l depot on the depot.

Re: swinstall permission problem

David Watts — Thu, 07 Dec 2000 14:05:16 GMT

Yes, /var/spool/sw was missing, but I have now created one !!! and still the problem persists.

( dragged it from a workign server, but there was basiclly nothing in it).

David

Re: swinstall permission problem

CHRIS_ANORUO — Thu, 07 Dec 2000 14:12:07 GMT

Try swinstall -s /directorywheredepotfileisstored

Re: swinstall permission problem

Steffi Jones_1 — Thu, 07 Dec 2000 14:29:24 GMT

Hello,

try these steps:

mv /var/adm/sw/security /var/adm/sw/security.old
mkdir /var/adm/sw/security
chown root /var/adm/sw/security
chgrp root /var/adm/sw/security
chmod 755 /var/adm/sw/security
/sbin/init.d/swagentd stop
/sbin/init.d/swagentd start

Steffi Jones

Re: swinstall permission problem

David Watts — Thu, 07 Dec 2000 14:34:39 GMT

Thanks all. I have seemed to have sorted this out now.

I couldn't get swagentd to stop (using /sbin/inid.swagentd stop), so I killed it, then I couldn't get it to start so I rebooted.

I then tried again, and it worked !!! I have seen this on anther server last week when installing a bdf patch, and I installed the binary manually, I will now have to start think HP-UX is like NT and when I get a problem I will just reboot and see what happens...

Cheers everyone.

Re: swinstall permission problem

Donny Jekels — Sat, 18 May 2002 04:30:45 GMT

Dave,

I experienced the same problem, followed all the stepps as described, and did not need to reboot. :-)

now now, HP-UX != NT

cheers

Re: swinstall permission problem

JJ_4 — Fri, 12 Jul 2002 15:01:36 GMT

Hi,

Running HP-UX 11.11

I had a very similar situation (see error below), and this was resolved (oddly) by
"/sbin/init.d/swagentd stop"
followed with
"/sbin/init.d/swagentd start"
JJ

ERROR: Access denied to root@jaime to start agent on unregistered depot "/opt/a_product/". No (i)nsert permission on host. 07/12/02 16:23:19 BST
* Agent pid=5962 completed. 07/12/02 16:23:20 BST