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cannot create /var/adm/utmpx - - error message after crash
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FarahRegal
Technical User
At OK prompt boot cdrom -s, check /etc/vfstab for any problems or try to cd /var; ls -l /var, check if there is adm directory is there, if not Mkdir adm and cd adm.
pwd
/var/adm
ls -l
check out if you have these files
utmp, utmpx and so On. if do not have, such create them
touch utmpx
touch utmp
then, reboot the system
.
F. regal
good luck
"think twice and hit enter once"
pwd
/var/adm
ls -l
check out if you have these files
utmp, utmpx and so On. if do not have, such create them
touch utmpx
touch utmp
then, reboot the system
.
F. regal
good luck
"think twice and hit enter once"
FarahRegal
Technical User
grep -i "user management" /etc/security/exec_attr
User Management:suser:cmd:::/usr/sbin/grpck:euid=0
User Management:suser:cmd:::/usr/sbin/pwck:euid=0
User Management:suser:cmd:::/etc/init.d/utmpd:uid=0;gid=sys
There are three commands available to the user management policy . First checks /etc/group for consistency; the second does the same for /etc/passwd . The Third is is actually a system startup Script to start and stop the Utmpd Deamon, which monitors the utmp and utmpx fiels. These Files contains information on active users.
WTMP this file contains a record of logins and logouts
UTMP this files contains current logins. .
F. regal
good luck
"think twice and hit enter once"
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This happens often when you have /var as a separate
file system, i.e. not part of "/".
When /var is a file system in its own right, it won't be
mounted when the system is at single user (only / and
/usr are mounted by default). You may also notice write
failure messages to wtmp(x) when you shut the system down.
This is also because /var gets unmounted along with the
other file systems, leaving only / and /usr until much
later in the process.
The solution is to get /var mounted at the same time as
/ and /usr. John Philcox
Mobile Ventures Limited UK
file system, i.e. not part of "/".
When /var is a file system in its own right, it won't be
mounted when the system is at single user (only / and
/usr are mounted by default). You may also notice write
failure messages to wtmp(x) when you shut the system down.
This is also because /var gets unmounted along with the
other file systems, leaving only / and /usr until much
later in the process.
The solution is to get /var mounted at the same time as
/ and /usr. John Philcox
Mobile Ventures Limited UK
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