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Console keep fillup with backup messages

 
g700304
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‎09-08-2005 12:55 AM

‎09-08-2005 12:55 AM

Console keep fillup with backup messages

Hi,

Why is it my console keep spitting out the following messages on the console...

"an attempt to switch to the backup file failed. Must specify a backup file now !"

I got this messages every second,..and now I cannot use my console.

I am running HPUX11.11 on rp3440 server

Please advice

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Alessandro Pilati
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‎09-08-2005 02:11 AM

‎09-08-2005 02:11 AM

Re: Console keep fillup with backup messages

Perhaps your audit logfile is full and you need to turn your auditing off or increase the size of audit log space, that should be in /.secure/etc/auditfile ( that you could also remove for free space ).

Check this past forum for details:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=122743&admit=-682735245+1126188489113+28353475

Regards,
Alex
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