A lot of files containing the text "ifconfig: no such interface" in /var/tmp

[CAS_2]

Hi

I'm trying to guess what process fills the /var/tmp dir with small files containing just one line:

ifconfig: no such interface

The names of those all files matches the same pattern: 2 lower letters, followed by 'aa' and followed by 5 digits. For example 'wbaa12345'.

Any idea ?

[Ninad_1]

As a starter - Is there any pattern on the timings of these files - (the timestamp shown by ls -l for these files )
Who is the owner of the files ?
Check if any jobs scheduled through crontab for that user.

Regards,
Ninad

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
have you checked your network cards:
sam -> network -> interface cards

They may be disabled, which would cause ifconfig to have problems.
Is your network setup correct or have these files been created recently?

[Ralph Grothe]

Are there running Tivoli agents on this box?

Could you check if the PIDs that are part of the filenames are still appearing in the process table, or are those stale files?

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Cas,

Check these docs.

Title: Files named caaa* in /var/tmp - contain "sh: ifconfig: not found"
Document ID: KBRC00013654

http://www4.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000080021516

Title: aaaa*, baaa*, caaa SAM appears to be leaving behind in /var/tmp
Document ID: 8606264955

http://www4.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000077094410

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[CAS_2]

HP-UX release is B.11.11.

Files are not generated continously.