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HP-UX: `swlist` security check failed unexpectedly due to

missing nsswitch.conf

Posted on May 29, 2009

I found this following warning and error messages when I executed `swlist` in my HP-UX B.11.31 server:

# swlist

# Initializing...

# Contacting target "xxxxx"...

WARNING: An attempt to get the network host entry for "xxxxx" failed.

This may result in denial of access to users and agents ata

this host. Check the spelling of this name, then your

"/etc/hosts" file, or your "/etc/resolv.conf" file and DNS

resolver configuration. The nslookup program may be helpful

in isolating this problem.

ERROR: Internal error. Security check failed unexpectedly. This

error occurred in function "idam_LocateLocalFile", source file

"id.c", line 4765. Please give this information to your

Hewlett-Packard support contact.

ERROR: "xxxxx:/": You do not have permission for this operation.

The depot owner, system administrator, or alternate root owner

may need to use the "swreg" or "swacl" command to give you

permission. Or, to manage applications designed and packaged

for nonprivileged mode, see the "run_as_superuser" option in

the "sd" man page.

I tried these with no success:

logged in as root
checked out hosts file: /etc/hosts
verified DNS resolver in SMH (successor of SAM)
restarted swagentd for serveral times
executed `swreg` and `swacl` commands

Long story short, I found this page: http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1289772

(http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1289772)

These are the steps:

Go to `/etc`
Copy `nsswitch.hp_defaults` to `nsswitch.conf`
Change `hosts: dns [NOTFOUND=return] nis [NOTFOUND=return] files` to `hosts: files dns [NOTFOUND=return] nis
[NOTFOUND=return]`
Restart swagent daemon `/usr/sbin/swagentd -r`

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Scott

April 18, 2011

Just wanted to say thank you for posting this. You likely saved me a lot of searching.

 
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