topic Re: /dev/config is missing in Operating System - HP-UX

/dev/config is missing

Asya — Wed, 10 May 2006 08:08:16 GMT

Hello,

When logging in I get the following error:

login: username
Password:
io_init failed: /dev/config does not exist.
Please wait...checking for disk quotas
No shell
Connection closed by foreign host.

Nothing in logs can be seen. /dev/config IS missing...

The only way i can get in is using root. I've never seen error and can't really find anything that would explain WHY it's missing.

Does this mean that i need to reinstall the server?

Thank you!
Asya

Re: /dev/config is missing

Arunvijai_4 — Wed, 10 May 2006 08:16:18 GMT

Hi Asya,

Perhaps looking into these threads may help you,

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=36831
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1002186

-Arun

Re: /dev/config is missing

Robert-Jan Goossens_1 — Wed, 10 May 2006 08:16:21 GMT

Hi Asya,

login with your root account.

# mknod /dev/config c 69 0x000000

# chmod 644 /dev/config

and try to login again with an other user.

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: /dev/config is missing

Patrick Wallek — Wed, 10 May 2006 08:16:38 GMT

No you should not have to reinstall because of this issue.

When logged in as root, do the following to recreate the file:

# mknod /dev/config c 69 0x000000

Be sure and check permissions on it then. It should be -rw-r--r-- (or 644).

Re: /dev/config is missing

Asya — Wed, 10 May 2006 12:25:59 GMT

Thank you all for your helped. It worked.