Error In Writing To Wtmp
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Request new password Follow @Likid0 Who's online There are currently 0 users online. You are hereHome INIT: Timout Reached - Error in writing to wtmp or wtmps file Fri, 11/28/2008 - 09:50 — liquid It can be: /tmp or /var is full or wtmp is corrupt: 1.Boot the server in single user mode 2.Delete /var/adm/wtmp 3.touch /var/adm/wtmp 4.Boot the server using init 3 Unix Systems:hpux Add new comment Your name Subject Comment * More information about text formats Text format Filtered HTMLPlain text Filtered HTMLWeb https://community.hpe.com/t5/System-Administration/Error-in-writing-to-wtmp-or-wtmps-file/td-p/5076879 page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.Allowed HTML tags:
Technote (FAQ) Question How can I find out what command is respawning too rapidly and filling up my wtmp file? Answer A common situation is that the init process is repeatedly attempting to start a http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1001172 failing process. The init man page describes what happens when init finds an entry is being respawned: If the init command finds that it is continuously running an entry in the /etc/inittab file (more than five times https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18752_01/html/817-0403/sysresacctsetup-16.html in 225 seconds), it assumes that an error in the entry command string exists. It then prints an error message to the console and logs an error in the system error log. After the message is error in sent, the entry does not run for 60 seconds. If the error continues to occur, the command will respawn the entry only five times every 240 seconds. The init command continues to assume an error occurred until the command does not respond five times in the interval, or until it receives a signal from a user. The init command logs an error for only the first occurrence of the error. To find out what error in writing is being respawned use the steps below. 1. Check the console or console logs Check on the console to see if init is writing an error message similar to the one below: 0 Thu Jan 22 10:16:27 EST 2009 INIT: Command is respawning too rapidly. Check for possible errors. id: xvfb "/usr/bin/X11/X -force -vfb -x abx -x dbe -x GLX :1 &" Or search through the console log using the alog command: # alog -t console -o | more 2. Check errpt Next there may be an entry in the errpt output with the label "INIT_RAPID" like below: LABEL: INIT_RAPID IDENTIFIER: 3A30359F Date/Time: Wed Jan 28 10:14:17 2009 Sequence Number: 1789 Machine Id: 00CC2F914C00 Node Id: libgng Class: S Type: TEMP Resource Name: init Description SOFTWARE PROGRAM ERROR Probable Causes SOFTWARE PROGRAM User Causes PERFORMANCE DEGRADED Recommended Actions REVIEW DETAILED DATA Detail Data SOFTWARE ERROR CODE Command is respawning too rapidly. Check for possible errors. COMMAND id: xvfb "/usr/bin/X11/X -force -vfb -x abx -x dbe -x GLX :1 &" Both messages clearly identify the failing command that is being run out of the /etc/inittab file. 3. Check the wtmp file If the warning messages are not noticed on the sy
(Tasks) 3.Managing Serial Ports With the Service Access Facility (Tasks) 4.Managing System Resources (Overview) 5.Displaying and Changing System Information (Tasks) 6.Managing Disk Use (Tasks) 7.Managing UFS Quotas (Tasks) 8.Scheduling System Tasks (Tasks) 9.Managing System Accounting (Tasks) What's New in System Accounting Oracle Solaris Process Accounting and Statistics Improvements What is System Accounting? How System Accounting Works System Accounting Components Connect Accounting Process Accounting Disk Accounting Fee Calculations How Daily Accounting Works What Happens If the System Shuts Down System Accounting (Task Map) Setting Up System Accounting How to Set Up System Accounting Billing Users How to Bill Users Maintaining Accounting Information Fixing Corrupted Files and wtmpx Errors How to Fix a Corrupted wtmpx File Fixing tacct Errors How to Fix tacct Errors Restarting the runacct Script How to Restart the runacct Script Stopping and Disabling System Accounting How to Temporarily Stop System Accounting How to Permanently Disable System Accounting 10.System Accounting (Reference) 11.Managing System Performance (Overview) 12.Managing System Processes (Tasks) 13.Monitoring System Performance (Tasks) 14.Troubleshooting Software Problems (Overview) 15.Managing System Messages 16.Managing Core Files (Tasks) 17.Managing System Crash Information (Tasks) 18.Troubleshooting Miscellaneous Software Problems (Tasks) 19.Troubleshooting File Access Problems (Tasks) 20.Resolving UFS File System Inconsistencies (Tasks) 21.Troubleshooting Software Package Problems (Tasks) Index Maintaining Accounting Information This section describes how to fix corrupted system accounting files and how to restart the runacct script. Fixing Corrupted Files and wtmpx Errors Unfortunately, system accounting is not foolproof. Occasionally, a file becomes corrupted or lost. Some files can simply be ignored or restored from backup. However, certain files must be fixed to maintain the integrity of system accounting. The wtmpx files seem to cause the most problems in the daily operation of system accounting. When the date is changed manually and the system is in multiuser mode, a set of date change records is written to the /var/adm/wtmpx file. The wtmpfix utility is designed to adjust the time stamps in the wtmp records when a date change is encountered. However, some combinations of date changes and reboots slip through the wtmpfix utilit