IJ36215: PREREQSAM: CHANGING THE KSH SYMLINK IN SUSE TO MKSH

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• prereqSAM: changing the ksh symlink in SUSE to mksh
  
  Issue Description:
  Db2: wrong creation of symbolic of ksh to mksh in prereqSAM ,
  the below code in prereqSAM should not be there ?
  
  prereqSAM:
  
  #[ITSA-6609] Creating the soft link which is pointing to mksh.
  
  if [ $DISTRO = "SUSE" ] && [ -z "$MISSING_PKGS" ] ; then
  
  echo "prereqSAM: Updating soft link for mksh." >> $INST_LOG
  
  ln -fs /bin/mksh /bin/ksh
  
  fi
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• * It has been changed in the prereqSAM script to
  update the link /bin/ksh and make it points to /bin/mksh which
  was causing issues with DB2 functionalities.
  * Another issue which is being reported is prereqSAM script
  passes all the OS checks but while installing the TSAMP, the
  installSAM script throws error for packages like mksh and
  psmisc.
  
  Problem conclusion:
  * The prereqSAM script has been modified to not create the
  soft link /bin/ksh and leave it as it is.
  
  * Added the checks for psmisc and mksh installation in the
  prereqSAM script, which will report missing packages error
  at the time of prereqSAM check only.
  
  * It allows that the TSAMP utilities still run with ksh
  if the ksh is already installed, mksh needs to be installed
  as a prerequisite for the dependant packages.
  
  The interim fix 4.1.0.7-TIV-ITSAMP-IJ36215
  The official fix for this problem is included in fix pack
  8 of Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms 4.1
  | 4.1.0-TIV-ITSAMP-FP0008 |
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

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