swinstall command

[rajeev joshi]

being a super user i cant execute the swinstall command. what could be the reason?
Is there any chance to change the permissions of swinstall, ihave done all the possible changes to the permissions of swinstall command.
but the result is same.
plz sujest me some help to come out of this problem.
i want to install patches on my hp server

[Peter Godron]

Hi Rajeev,
and welcoem to the forums !

Please check you are using the correct executable.

ls -l `which swinstall`
Should show something like:

# ls -l `which swinstall`
-r-sr-xr-x 11 root bin 2326528 Nov 2 2004 /usr/sbin/swinstall

Please note the s setuid bit on the file !
See "man chmod" to change the permissions.

Please also read:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33 on how to reward any useful answers given to your questions.

[Pete Randall]

What error message are you getting?


Pete

[Reshma Malusare]

Hi rajeev,
Check out following previous forums,it will help you.

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/james/search.do?todo=search&admit=-1335382922+1172668306575+28353475&searchtext=swinstall&from=forums&submit.x=10&origin=0&wpa=forums1.itrc.hp.com%3A80&submit.y=6&searchcategory=ALL&hpl=1&searchcriteria=allwords&rn=25&source=7000&chkServStor=on&presort=rank&esc=us.support.itrc.hp.com

[Dennis Handly]

If swverify hasn't been messed up the same way, you can use it to see what files have the wrong permissions. There is a -F option to fix them.