topic Re: swinstall command in Operating System - HP-UX

swinstall command

rajeev joshi — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:00:20 GMT

being a super user i cant execute the swinstall command. what could be the reason?
Is there any chance to change the permissions of swinstall, ihave done all the possible changes to the permissions of swinstall command.
but the result is same.
plz sujest me some help to come out of this problem.
i want to install patches on my hp server

Re: swinstall command

Peter Godron — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:14:22 GMT

Hi Rajeev,
and welcoem to the forums !

Please check you are using the correct executable.

ls -l `which swinstall`
Should show something like:

# ls -l `which swinstall`
-r-sr-xr-x 11 root bin 2326528 Nov 2 2004 /usr/sbin/swinstall

Please note the s setuid bit on the file !
See "man chmod" to change the permissions.

Please also read:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33 on how to reward any useful answers given to your questions.

Re: swinstall command

Pete Randall — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:14:35 GMT

What error message are you getting?

Pete

Re: swinstall command

Reshma Malusare — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:17:29 GMT

Hi rajeev,
Check out following previous forums,it will help you.

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/james/search.do?todo=search&admit=-1335382922+1172668306575+28353475&searchtext=swinstall&from=forums&submit.x=10&origin=0&wpa=forums1.itrc.hp.com%3A80&submit.y=6&searchcategory=ALL&hpl=1&searchcriteria=allwords&rn=25&source=7000&chkServStor=on&presort=rank&esc=us.support.itrc.hp.com

Re: swinstall command

Dennis Handly — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:24:28 GMT

If swverify hasn't been messed up the same way, you can use it to see what files have the wrong permissions. There is a -F option to fix them.