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Guardium GIM install gives message "Ifconfig is obsolete! For replacement check ip."

Troubleshooting


Problem


There have been cases where GIM installation gives this message:-=

Ifconfig is obsolete! For replacement check ip.

Symptom


For example consider the following installation attempt :-

$ /tmp/xxxx/xxxxx/guard-bundle-GIM-10.1.4_r103106_v10_1_4_1-rhel-6-linux-x86_64.gim.sh -- --dir /usr/local/guardium --sqlguardip xx.x.xx.xxx --tapip xx.x.xx.xxx --perl /usr/bin -q

Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Guard BUNDLE-GIM Installer....
Ifconfig uses the ioctl access method to get the full address information,
which limits hardware addresses to 8 bytes.
Because Infiniband address has 20 bytes, only the first 8 bytes are displayed correctly.
Ifconfig is obsolete! For replacement check ip.
Ifconfig uses the ioctl access method to get the full address information,
which limits hardware addresses to 8 bytes. Because Infiniband address has 20 bytes,
only the first 8 bytes are displayed correctly. Ifconfig is obsolete!
For replacement check ip. Ifconfig uses the ioctl access method to get the full address information,
which limits hardware addresses to 8 bytes.
Because Infiniband address has 20 bytes, only the first 8 bytes are displayed correctly.
Ifconfig is obsolete! For replacement check ip.
Ifconfig uses the ioctl access method to get the full address information, which limits hardware addresses to 8 bytes.
Because Infiniband address has 20 bytes, only the first 8 bytes are displayed correctly.
Ifconfig is obsolete! For replacement check ip.
GIM installation directory not found : /usr/local/guardium/modules

 

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Modified date:
07 September 2018

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ibm10730837