Error while installing Application after OS installation

[Rajesh Karelia]

Hi,

I installed HP-UX 11i v2 on rx2620 machine. The OS is installed on one of the LUNs on EVA4K. It was successful. Node name is panda.

After this, when I am trying to install (using swinstall -s /dvdrom from root) 'MC Serviceguard' and 'MirrorDisk/UX' from Application Software DVD, the system is asking for 'Root Path' in a text box named 'Select Target Path (panda)'.

When I enter '/' as root path press OK, it says - ' You do not have the required permissions to select this target.'

When I press 'Cance;' it says:
panda:/dvdrom: You do not have permission for this operation. The depot owner, system administrator, or alternate root owner may need to user swreg or swacl to give you permission.


When I installed applications on other machines, it never threw an error like these.

Pl suggest what is going wrong.

Thanks
Rajesh

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Shalom,

There is something wrong or missing with this process.

Normally, only root can install software on a system. If you are logged on as root, you should have permission to do the Mirror/ux install.

Take a look at the install log displayed on the screen after the install and see what it says.

Also:

/sbin/init.d/swagentd -R

That restarts the daemon.

If fact this inspires.

The standard OS install doesn't include /etc/nsswitch.conf

It includes a couple of candidates named nsswitch.ldap and such, but no actual choice.

Copy the best example to /etc/nsswitch.conf and restart swagentd as above. Then I think you will be okay.

SEP

[Sundar_7]

Rajesh,

I believe restarting swagentd will help, though /sbin/init.d/swagentd -R is not going to work

/sbin/init.d/swagentd stop
/sbin/init.d/swagentd start

Sundar

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

To stop and restart the 'swagentd' daemon, you want:

# /usr/sbin/swagentd -r

Regards!

...JRF...

[Darrel Louis]

Hi Rajesh,

As the others already suggested check if your swagentd is running.
If not just start it as follow:
/sbin/init.d/swagentd start

Then start your swinstall again.

Regards

Darrel

[Rajesh Karelia]

Thanks everyone.
The solution worked.

Cheers
Rajesh