no utmp entry

[CSP_ALGERIA]

hello
I have a problem with a RP8400 with a HPUX 11.i .When I log to our server an error occur :
No utmp entry . You must exec "login" from the lowest level "sh".
thanks .
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[Franky_1]

Hi,

seems you have a corrupt utmp file

you should recreate it

>> /etc/utmp
>> /etc/utmpx

if that doesn't work then try the same using touch

touch /etc/utmp
touch /etc/utmpx

Regards

Franky

[bhavin asokan]

hi,
it seems that your /etc/utmp file could be corrupted.
if alrady a login is there at the root prompt give the following command.

If none can login do this, reboot the system in to single user mode and give this command in the root prompt

>/etc/utmp

reboot multiuser mode your problem is solved.

Be careful of the permissions, they should be 644 root root .


regds,

[Muthukumar_5]

Are you having utmp files as,

/etc/utmp and /etc/utmpx there.

Else create it as,

touch , > or >> , cp /dev/null /etc/utmp there.

Change the permission to root root 755 there.

Login audit files may be corrupted on 11.i randomly there. It may be the cause for this.

HTH.

[Cheryl Griffin]

It is not always an indication that utmp is corrupt. Check what processes are running:
# ps -ef |grep user or grep the tty

Do you see two sh entries?
If so, exit then run your command.
# exit