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Guardium STAP process does not start when "init q" is issued and /etc/inittab line is too long on some Operating Systems

Troubleshooting


Problem

Guardium STAP process does not start when "init q" is issued and /etc/inittab line is too long on some Operating Systems

Symptom

After installing the Guardium STAP to an alternate directory than the default /usr/local, the STAP does not start.


A message similar to the following can be seen in the syslog when "init q" is issued to attempt to start STAP

for example the /var/log/messages contains a message

    /etc/inittab[100]: process field too long

[{"Product":{"code":"SSMPHH","label":"IBM Security Guardium"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"--","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"}],"Version":"9.1;9.0;8.2;10.0;9.5","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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