when I install a package using pkgadd, it correctly installs the binary files with the user name that I want.
However it also changes the permissions of /etc/rc2.d. I don't want this to happen. I want to retain original owner of /etc/rc2.d as it is.
I could see that before installing, the ownership of the directories is assigned to root:
After installing the package, ownership would be changed and becomes the user which is provided at a time of installation.
Here is some code snippet of the prototype file:
I thought the problem is with the above code in prototype file. So I tried changing it to below:
However the problem is still there. It is still changing the existing permissions of /etc and /etc/rc2.d.
Can anyone please give some help pointers?
Last edited by pludi; 10-30-2009 at 07:23 AM..
Reason: code tags, please...
I have sucessfully installed GNUtar using pkgadd but with some questions:
When I tried to install with pkgadd -d GNUtar (which is the directory of the package) - I received the error "pkgadd: command not found"
Then I tried the same but with pkgadd -d. GNUtar and it installed fine. (found... (4 Replies)
is there an option in pkgadd to accept the default option?
I want to use pkgadd in a script and do not want to stop at intercative questions.
thx. (6 Replies)
Please inform me on how I can resolve the PaTcH_MsG 8 Version message below I am running solaris 9 9/05 HW on a Sun V445. Thank you.
# pkgadd SUNWqlc
Processing package instance <SUNWqlc> from </var/spool/pkg>
Qlogic ISP 2200/2202 Fibre Channel Device Driver
(sparc)... (3 Replies)
I have a server running solaris 8 with veritas 4.1. I am trying to install a package on the server. The package install fails miserably though. I have installed the very same package on other development servers, but for some reason, the install fails on this, soon to be prod, server. No idea... (3 Replies)
I'm trying to install a package and it worked on most of the sun boxes and one of the box is just freezing and not going further. Her is the output.
pkgadd -d packagename.dstream
Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
all packages). (default: all) :
Processing... (1 Reply)
Hi all.
Is there an option to #pkgadd to test if package bundle you want to install requires a reboot?
#pkgadd -d "package bundle" an option like test or a dry run?
Suggestions, anyone? :confused:
Reloader (2 Replies)
Morning all,
I am attempting to load a package from a Solaris 8 CDROM.
This fails with the error :
"pkgadd: ERROR: unable to access pkgmap file </cdrom/ .........../SUNWlibC/pkgmap>
No changes were made to the system"
Any help would be appreciated
Andy (6 Replies)
Hi,
Please could someone help me, understand how pkgadd works within unix.
I have a software file, and I need to package this up and then pkgadd this to another server. Please could some advise me the best way to do this.
regards
venhart (2 Replies)
I am using Solaris 10, and trying to keep a number of old Sun
workstations running.
Since version 17 of firefox, I have had problems using pkgadd,
and had to use tar to un-archive the components of firefox.
Is this just a problem with firefox (and probably thunderbird),
or is pkgadd broken (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: jkoval
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LEARN ABOUT V7
init.d
init.d(4)init.d(4)NAME
init.d - initialization and termination scripts for changing init states
SYNOPSIS
/etc/init.d
/etc/init.d is a directory containing initialization and termination scripts for changing init states. These scripts are linked when appro-
priate to files in the rc?.d directories, where `?' is a single character corresponding to the init state. See init(1M) for definitions of
the states.
The service management facility (see smf(5)) is the preferred mechanism for service initiation and termination. The init.d and rc?.d direc-
tories are obsolete, and are provided for compatibility purposes only. Applications launched from these directories by svc.startd(1M) are
incomplete services, and will not be restarted on failure.
File names in rc?.d directories are of the form [SK]nn<init.d filename>, where S means start this job, K means kill this job, and nn is the
relative sequence number for killing or starting the job.
When entering a state (init S,0,2,3,etc.) the rc[S0-6] script executes those scripts in /etc/rc[S0-6].d that are prefixed with K followed
by those scripts prefixed with S. When executing each script in one of the /etc/rc[S0-6] directories, the /sbin/rc[S0-6] script passes a
single argument. It passes the argument 'stop' for scripts prefixed with K and the argument 'start' for scripts prefixed with S. There is
no harm in applying the same sequence number to multiple scripts. In this case the order of execution is deterministic but unspecified.
Guidelines for selecting sequence numbers are provided in README files located in the directory associated with that target state. For
example, /etc/rc[S0-6].d/README. Absence of a README file indicates that there are currently no established guidelines.
Do not put /etc/init.d in your $PATH. Having this directory in your $PATH can cause unexpected behavior. The programs in /etc/init.d are
associated with init state changes and, under normal circumstances, are not intended to be invoked from a command line.
Example 1: Example of /sbin/rc2.
When changing to init state 2 (multi-user mode, network resources not exported), /sbin/rc2 is initiated by the svc.startd(1M) process. The
following steps are performed by /sbin/rc2.
1. In the directory /etc/rc2.d are files used to stop processes that should not be running in state 2. The filenames are prefixed with K.
Each K file in the directory is executed (by /sbin/rc2) in alphanumeric order when the system enters init state 2. See example below.
2. Also in the rc2.d directory are files used to start processes that should be running in state 2. As in Step 1, each S file is executed.
Assume the file /etc/init.d/netdaemon is a script that will initiate networking daemons when given the argument 'start', and will terminate
the daemons if given the argument 'stop'. It is linked to /etc/rc2.d/S68netdaemon, and to /etc/rc0.d/K67netdaemon. The file is executed by
/etc/rc2.d/S68netdaemon start when init state 2 is entered and by /etc/rc0.d/K67netdaemon stop when shutting the system down.
svcs(1), init(1M), svc.startd(1M), svccfg(1M), smf(5)
Solaris now provides an expanded mechanism, which includes automated restart, for applications historically started via the init script
mechanism. The Service Management Facility (introduced in smf(5)) is the preferred delivery mechanism for persistently running applica-
tions. Existing init.d scripts will, however, continue to be executed according to the rules in this manual page. The details of execution
in relation to managed services are available in svc.startd(1M).
On earlier Solaris releases, a script named with a suffix of '.sh' would be sourced, allowing scripts to modify the environment of other
scripts executed later. This behavior is no longer supported; for altering the environment in which services are run, see the setenv sub-
command in svccfg(1M).
/sbin/rc2 has references to the obsolescent rc.d directory. These references are for compatibility with old INSTALL scripts. New INSTALL
scripts should use the init.d directory for related executables. The same is true for the shutdown.d directory.
17 Aug 2005 init.d(4)