After a certain patch level on solaris 8, the pkgadd utility no longer
has the same permissions that it used to have. I've run into this
installing several packages. The work around(according to a tech at
Sun) until all Solaris packages are written with this in mind is to
change the permissions of the directory in question before installing,
then changing then back to the original.
Joel
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From: Legato NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
On Behalf Of Roberta Butcher Gold
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 1:28 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] problems with 7.1.1 to 7.1.3 upgrade
Funny, I just ran into the same problem upgrading one of my Solaris
servers. The two I did last week did not get that error. I found this
in the Legato Knowlegebase. I tried the workaround and it worked.
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Upgrading NetWorker on Solaris
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Upgrading NetWorker on Solaris 8
After installing Sun patch 110934-2X you may receive the following
error from pkgadd:
Error: '(Existing_directory_name) not writeable'
Sun Solaris patch 110934-21 enforces that request script be run a
user nobody or install,
this breaks networker request script which assume that it will be run as
root.
Request Script Behaviors: The request script cannot modify any files.
It only interacts with
administrators installing the package and creates a list of
environment variable assignments
based upon that interaction. To enforce this restriction, the request
script is executed as the
non-privileged user 'install', if that user exists; otherwise it is
executed as the non-privileged
user 'nobody'. The request script does not have superuser authority.
Known issue: Contact LEGATO Software (EMC Software Group):
work-in-progress
Work around: Set the following environment variable prior to the
installation:
# NONABI_SCRIPTS=TRUE
# export NONABI_SCRIPTS
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>On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 11:55:47AM -0400, Teresa Biehler wrote:
>> I'm upgrading my NW server from v7.1.1 (on Solaris) to v7.1.3.
Well,
>> I've uninstalled without problems, but when I try to install v7.1.3,
I
>> get the following:
>>
>> Directory to use for client, licensing and server information
[/nsr]?
>>
>> `/nsr' is not writable
>>
>> As far as I can see, /nsr is indeed writable by root. So, I looked
at
>> the script in the install directory to see what tests were done to
>> produce this error. I found one place within the script that
produces
>> this error. When I reproduce that function, loop and test, the
results
>> that I receive is that our /nsr directory is writable.
>>
>> Has anyone seen this? Do you have any ideas?
>
>I have seen this, and the fix in my case was to make the directory
group
>writable as well. I know that it shouldn't matter, and I don't know
why
>it doesn't work, but adding group write permissions let the pkgadd
>continue.
>
>Dave
>
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ICC/HPSD - Security Technologies Group
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