topic Re: Error when running swlist in Operating System - HP-UX

Error when running swlist

Andrew Lubeck — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:13:51 GMT

I'm getting the following error:

# swlist
# Initializing...
# Contacting target "hp024"...
ERROR: Could not contact host "hp024". Make sure the hostname is correct and an absolute pathname is specified (beginning with "/").

ERROR: More information may be found in the daemon logfile on this target (default location is hp024:/var/adm/sw/swagentd.log).

The entry in the swagentd.log shows the following:

WARNING: An attempt to get the network host entry for "hp024" failed. This may result in denial of access to users and agents at this host. Check the spelling of this name, then your "/etc/hosts" file, or your "/etc/resolv.conf" file and DNS resolver configuration. The nslookup program may be helpful in isolating this problem.

I checked the files and they look OK, but I am not an HP-UX Admin, so I may be missing something. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Andy

Re: Error when running swlist

Sanjay_6 — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:23:21 GMT

Hi Andy,

Make sure the host entry in the /etc/hosts file is correct and matches the one in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf. If you have made changes to the hostname, you need to either restart swagentd or reboot the server.

Hope this helps.

regds

Re: Error when running swlist

Torsten. — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:23:53 GMT

Looks like it is releated to name resolution. Check this first.

Did you use the root account?

Re: Error when running swlist

Robert-Jan Goossens — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:27:00 GMT

Andrew,

# nslookup hp024
# nslookup ip_address_of_hp024

should have the same output.

check your /etc/hosts file.

192.x.x.xxx hp024
127.0.0.1 localhost loopback

check your /etc/nsswitch.conf file
hosts files dns

if you do not have a nsswitch.conf file, copy the /etc/nsswitch.files to the /etc/nsswitch.conf

check your /etc/resolv.conf for the correct dns server.

restart the swagentd
# swagentd -k
# swagentd -r

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: Error when running swlist

Andrew Lubeck — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:36:30 GMT

You guys are fast!!!!

nslookup is returning errors:

# nslookup hp024
ypwhich: clnt_create error: RPC: Unknown host
Name Server: ns3.lss.emc.com
Address: 168.159.48.49

Trying DNS
*** ns3.lss.emc.com can't find hp024: Non-existent domain

# nslookup 172.23.184.24
ypwhich: clnt_create error: RPC: Unknown host
Name Server: ns3.lss.emc.com
Address: 168.159.48.49

Trying DNS
Name: l82bd024.lss.emc.com
Address: 172.23.184.24

Re: Error when running swlist

Torsten. — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:40:35 GMT

"You guys are fast!!!!"

expect the best and you will get it here!

make the nslookup working without errors and your problem will be solved (check the nsswitch.conf)

Re: Error when running swlist

Andrew Lubeck — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:45:04 GMT

"if you do not have a nsswitch.conf file, copy the /etc/nsswitch.files to the /etc/nsswitch.conf"

Robert-Jan:

This worked! I had copied over the hp_default file.

Thanks again all. swlist now works. I'll do my software install on Monday and make sure everything works.

This forum is fantastic!

Re: Error when running swlist

Torsten. — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:50:37 GMT

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