getpwuid function failing

[sparky_2]

Hello.

When running brbackup to back up a SAP system to disk, the following error is being reported:

BR0251E Function getpwuid() failed at location BrEnvProcess-48
BR0253E errno 251: Function is not available

I don't know anything about SAP or Oracle and am assuming this is a unix level problem.

Has anyone else come across this before? Any recommended troubleshooting steps welcome.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Errno 251 indicates that a function/system call is not implemented but since getpwuid() is required for POSIX compliance -- and the fact that I have used it many times myself -- something appears to be amiss.

I suspect that you are using a non-standard user authenication schema. Are you running LDAP, NIS+, or something else? I suspect that you are using some PAM scheme that is not fully implemented.