AIX

We are having a bit of trouble finding where the following process is being started from at bootup.

Code:

/opt/IBM/tdsV6.2db2/itma/aix526/ud/bin/kuddb2 db2tds

We have looked in the typical areas /etc/inittab & /etc/rc.d but have had no luck finding it, any ideas?

Did you also check the contents of the scripts being called from inittab and rc.d?

Yes, we thoroughly checked them both, we did discover the following in inittab which looks to be related and that we commented out:

Code:

:ids0:2345:once:/opt/IBM/ldap/V6.2/sbin/ibmdiradm -I db2tds > /dev/null 2>&1 #Autostart IBM LDAP Admin Daemon Instance

However the process is still starting after a reboot which has us wondering if there could be anywhere else or something new in 6.1 were it can start from?

I sadly have no comparative installation to test, but how did you comment it out? You did not comment it out with a #? This doesn't work in inittab. Best set it from ":once:" to ":off:".

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Just a guess - it could also be a subsystem or a subserver:

Code:

lssrc -a| grep db2tds

If totally desperate you could also check if there is any other file in /etc containing this which might be called at startup like rc.tcpip and so on (usually not but just as an idea).

We commented it out with a

Code:

:

and I did change

Code:

:once:

to

Code:

:off:

per your suggestion. Nothing returned from the lssrc command either.

I do see some files in /etc that I will look into and post any findings.

/etc/inittab is correctly modified in AIX with the commands

"mkitab" (create inittab entry) and
"rmitab" (remove inittab entry) and
"chitab" (change inittab entry)

Read either man page before using one of these. Only root is allowed to sue any of these, of course.

I hope this helps.

bakunin

(PS: Software you could see running with "lssrc" have to be declared as subsystems/subservers and are controlled by the "System Resource Controller". You can create/delete/modify system resources with the commands "mkssys"/"rmssys"/"chssys". I suggest reading the man pages for these commands too. SRC items are completely separated from inittab items, though.)

Btw: What PPID does db2tds have? If not 1, maybe check if there is another process still running that might have called it.