swinstall suid/sgid error

[Victor_5]

Got the following error when I trying to install PHSS_29183 on 11i, any idea?

ERROR: Unknown owner and/or group for file "/usr/lbin/grmd". SUID and/or SGID bit was not set
ERROR: Failed installing fileset "PHSS_29183.AGRM,r=B.11.11.16". x
x x Check the above output for details.

[Steven E. Protter]

Check the ownership and or existance of this file.

/usr/lbin/grmd

SEP

[Sridhar Bhaskarla · Accepted solution]

Hi,

/usr/lbin/grmd is supposed to have suid bit owned by 'daemon:bin' That's what I see on my system. Try setting it.

chmod 4555 /usr/lbin/grmd

If the suid bit is there, make sure you have the user daemon in /etc/passwd with 1:5 as userid:groupid

The install scripts of this patch may be looking for these permissions.

-Sri

[Victor_5]

What an expert, Sri! You said it, thanks.

[Helen French]

This swinstall error normally comes because of permission or ownership issues. Check the output of :

# ls -al /usr/lbin/grmd

If you don't see a valid SUID or SGID, that's the problem (some times it will display numbers instead of user/group names.) You need to make sure that those user/group exist in the system and is valid. If it doesn't exit, then create it manually. My 11i system shows this:

-r-sr-xr-x 1 daemon bin 303104 Jul 16 2003 /usr/lbin/grmd