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pls my server that is running UnixOs solaris is not working properly. it use to display the following errors:

INIT:Command is respawning too rapidly. check for possible errors.
id: sc "/usr/lib/saf/sac -t 300"

what am i suppose to do to correct this problem?
Regards.

This means the sac (service access controller) is failing repeatadly.
The message is from init and is releated to the /etc/inittab line:

Code:

sc:234:respawn:/usr/lib/saf/sac -t 300

This entry in inittab tells init to start sac in multiuser (run levels 2,3 or 4) and restart it if it dies.

You'll need to find out what's killing the sac, I'd suggest looking further into /var/adm/messages and/or raising a fault with Sun.

Alternativly, try running it manually to see if you get a useful error message back.

Although it might be tempting, don't 'solve' this by removing the line from /etc/inittab - it will stop the error but you really need the sac running