topic Syslog error NetISAM: read failed in Operating System - HP-UX

Syslog error NetISAM: read failed

Ignacio Javier — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:12:57 GMT

Hi:

I am getting this message in syslog:

Jan 31 17:16:08 primario krsd[1845]: Delay time is 300 seconds
Jan 31 17:16:08 primario sfd[1846]: daemon already running.
Jan 31 17:16:10 primario sfd[1875]: starting the daemon.
Jan 31 18:19:40 primario /usr/dt/bin/rpc.ttdbserver[2972]: NetISAM: read failed
Jan 31 18:19:40 primario NetISAM[2972]: Fatal error: read failed - UNIX errno 17
Jan 31 18:19:40 primario inetd[946]: rpc.ttdbserver/tcp: Exit status 1
Jan 31 18:19:40 primario inetd[946]: getsockname() failed for rpc.ttdbserver/tcp errno(216),Deleting Service
Jan 31 18:20:07 primario xntpd[1388]: synchronized to LOCAL(1), stratum=3

What do you think is happening ?

Thanks all

Re: Syslog error NetISAM: read failed

Joelmel Roche — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:28:17 GMT

Hi Ignacio,

You can disable this rpc.ttdbserver/tcp if your not using that, see below, or can contact local hp for that warning..

1. Disable the rpc.ttdbserver by commenting out the following line in
/etc/inetd.conf

#rpc xti tcp swait root /usr/dt/bin/rpc.ttdbserver 100083 1
/usr/dt/bin/rpc.ttdbserver

2. Restart the internet daemon with:
inetd -c

Re: Syslog error NetISAM: read failed

Ignacio Javier — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:18:12 GMT

Hello:

Ok, thanks, could you explain lightly to me what is this service for ?

Regards

Re: Syslog error NetISAM: read failed

ArvindMenon — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:05:08 GMT

rpc.ttdbserver is the ToolTalk database server (used by the ToolTalk
messaging system) that performs filename mapping. rpc.ttdbserver
essentially replaces the BMS messaging system in VUE.

ToolTalk is a SunSoft product for network data interchange. In 1992, several
companies formed a consortium to develop what has become the Common Desktop
Environment (CDE), which uses ToolTalk as a messaging system. Both Solaris
2.6 and HP-UX 10.20 support CDE; therefore, they also support the newer version
of ToolTalk (1.1).

Since CDE on HP-UX 10.20 uses a form of socket communication, it does not
REQUIRE that the ToolTalk daemon be running for proper functionality.

How to disable it ?

1. Have all users log out of CDE.
2. Login at the command line as root. Or, better yet,
use telnet or rlogin.
3. Stop CDE-login
/sbin/init.d/dtlogin.rc stop
4. Prevent rpc.ttdbserver from restarting:
A. Comment out rpc.ttdbserver in /etc/inetd.conf.

Note: There will only be one line that contains a reference to
rpc.ttdbserver. Insert a '#' before the line, and save
the /etc/inetd.conf file. So the line in
/etc/inetd.conf would look similar to this line:
# rpc stream tcp swait root /usr/dt/bin/rpc.ttdbserver 100083 1 /usr/dt/bin/rpc.tt dbserver

B. Reread the inetd.conf file: /etc/inetd -c

5. Kill rpc.ttdbserver and verify it stays away:

kill `ps -e | grep rpc.ttdb | awk '{ print $1 }' `
Verify that rpc.ttdb is not running: ps -ef |grep rpc.ttdb should return nothing.

For further information check
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/B1171-90163/index.html