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

swinstall permissions problem

Mike Seerden — Fri, 24 Nov 2000 21:19:31 GMT

I installed patch PHNE_21375 and after the reboot I can no longer install patches.

Here is the error I get.

You do not have the required permissions to perform this SD operation. Please check to see that you have the required permissions using the "swacl" command or see your system administrator for assistance.

Well, I am the admin darn it. I am root and swacl tells me I don't have permissions to change things either. If root can't change this who can. I am stumped. Thanks in advance for your help.

Mike

Re: swinstall permissions problem

James R. Ferguson — Fri, 24 Nov 2000 21:36:22 GMT

Mike:

This error is frequently received if the network configuration has been changed since the swagentd daemon was started. This daemon is started when the system is booted. The daemon can be restarted with this command:

# /usr/sbin/swagentd -r

Does this help?

...JRF...

...JRF...

Re: swinstall permissions problem

Mike Seerden — Fri, 24 Nov 2000 21:58:53 GMT

Thanks a bunch James. I rebooted thinking that would solve the problem but not so. I did the restart switch as you recommended and then it worked. Strange how it is not working unless I restart the daemon. It starts on boot but I guess not correctly.

Mike

Re: swinstall permissions problem

James R. Ferguson — Fri, 24 Nov 2000 22:46:12 GMT

Hi, Mike:

Glad we got it. The Knowldege Base suggests that the reason your problem persisted after a boot was that the network had not yet fully stablized when the swagent daemon first started. Manually restarting it after the network was fully initialized fixed the problem. Nothing like a little sleep to cure one's ills ;-)

Regards, Jim.

...JRF...