swinstall RPC problems

[David DiBiase]

just fixed telnet with this forums help.

ran swinstall and got:
======= 09/14/05 15:05:12 EDT BEGIN swinstall SESSION
(non-interactive) (jobid=triumph-0044)

* Session started for user "root@triumph".

* Beginning Selection
ERROR: RPC exception: "Communications failure (dce / rpc)" 09/14/05
15:10:23 EDT
ERROR: A Remote Procedure Call to a daemon has failed. Could not
start a management session for "triumph:/". Make sure the
host is accessible from the network, and that its daemon,
swagentd, is running.
* Target connection failed for "triumph:/".
ERROR: More information may be found in the daemon logfile on this
target (default location is triumph:/var/adm/sw/swagentd.log).
* Selection had errors.



======= 09/14/05 15:10:23 EDT END swinstall SESSION (non-interactive)
(jobid=triumph-0044)

swagentd.log says:

* Registered RPC protocol "ncacn_ip_tcp" with endpoint "2121".
* Registered RPC protocol "ncadg_ip_udp" with endpoint "2121".
* Checking job queue at 1 minute intervals.

and:
"/usr/sbin/swagentd -r" is running (ps -ef)

Any ideas where to start???

[Bharat Katkar]

hi,

Kill all the swagentd process running and restart swagentd deamon. It shoudl work.

Regards,

[Steven E. Protter]

restart swagentd

Try again.

SEP

[David DiBiase]

tried many times
swagentd -k folowed by start with -r
kill -15 (swagentd PID) then start
all to no avail so far

[Bharat Katkar]

Then you need to again check the files /etc/resolv.conf /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/hosts for any ambigous entries.
Check hostname "# hostname"
Or try setting hostname again by " # set_parms hostname" and let it reboot once.

Hope that works.
Regards,

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi David:

Make sure that your server's hostname and associated IPAddress are correctly defined in /etc/hosts.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Torsten.]

Hi David,

if restart swagentd doesn't work, check name resolving.
Type

hostname

and check the result with

nslookup

The problem may be still related to your

/etc/nsswitch.conf file configuration.

Consult

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=956808

again!

[David DiBiase]

With help from an earlier thread today, I did have a corrupted nsswitch.conf found by telnet errors (only worked with IPaddr). Hostname matches /etc/hosts, nameservers and domain are correct (resolv.conf). can telnet out by name using dns or hosts file or by using IP. can telnet into the machine by IP and/or its hostname. after I made the network changes to get telnet to work, I even rebooted just to be safe. also, swagentd starts automatically from inetd/rcX.d

[David DiBiase]

I had checked all the items mentioned above. When I checked the DNS registrations, I found the DNS admin had type the server name incorrectly. Thanks you all for making me dig deeper. Now when I run swinstall I get:
ERROR: You are not authorized to perform the requested operation on
the "depot" ACL at "triumph:/var/spool/sw". Depending on
whether you are attempting to list or modify the ACL, you do
not have the required "test" or "control" permission,
respectively. (Use the "id" command to find out the identity
information used by SD to determine your access permissions.)

I am logged in as root (id verified)

When I attampt to run swacl, i get a similar message

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi David:

If you haven't already done so, restart the daemon and try again:

# swagentd -r

Regards!

...JRF...

[Raj D.]

Hi David ,

Try restarting swagentd ,

Also check the rpc programs are running
# rpcinfo -p triumph

Cheers,
Raj.

[David DiBiase]

I guess I am getting tired. I restarted swagentd so many times and I didn't do it this time. Also, when I ran rpcinfo (again) it just sat there. 1 last reboot -r and I am in business.

Thanks to all