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0019 - Login control messages


0019-001User, username is not valid. User may not have an account on this system. spacs_cntrl continuing to process valid users, if any.

Explanation: The user id name could not be found on the node where spacs_cntrl was invoked.

User Response: Verify that the user has a valid account on the node.

0019-002Cannot open file file name.

Explanation: The file may not exist or the permissions may not be correct.

User Response: Verify that the file exists and has the permissions set to -rwx------.

0019-003Cannot obtain lock for file file name.

Explanation: The file may be in use by another instance of spacs_cntrl.

User Response: If the Resource Manager is running and has been allowed to use login control, stop the Resource Manager and issue the command again. If the Resource Manager is not running or has not been allowed to use login control, then check the /var/spacs directory for files with .lck appended. If the Resource Manager is not running or has not been allowed to use login control, erase this file and reissue the command.

0019-004Cannot open file file name for read access.

Explanation: The file may not have read permission or may not exist.

User Response: Verify that the file exists with permissions set to -rw-------.

0019-005Error updating file file name.

Explanation: An error occurred updating the specified file.

User Response: Ensure that the file exists and is writable for the proper user/group. Then try rerunning the program that gave the error.

0019-006Cannot open file file name for write access.

Explanation: The file may not have read permission or may not exist.

User Response: Verify that the file exists with permissions set to -rw-------.

0019-007Cannot access file name or another major error occurred. Error value error value. Contact your System Administrator.

Explanation: The failure could be one of four problems: no access, invalid argument, invalid pointer, or invalid attribute.

User Response: Check the file permissions on /etc/security/user. Check the attributes and values in /etc/security/user for validity. Otherwise gather information about the problem and follow local site procedures for reporting hardware and software problems.

0019-008Cannot open log file, file name. Messages will not be logged.

Explanation: The file may not exist or the permissions may not be correct.

User Response: Verify that the file exists and has the correct permissions.

0019-009Cannot access file name. File does not exist or does not have read permissions.

Explanation: The file may not exist or the permissions may not be correct.

User Response: Verify that the file exists and has the correct permissions.

0019-010Flag: flag is not valid. Valid flags are: l,d,v,s,n and f.

Explanation: An invalid flag was used on the command line.

User Response: Reissue command with correct flags.

0019-011Keyword: keyword is not valid. Valid keywords are allow, deny, block and unblock.

Explanation: An invalid keyword was used on the command line.

User Response: Reissue the command with a correct keyword.

0019-012At least one user id name is required.

Explanation: A user id name was not listed on the command line or in the file used with the -f flag.

User Response: Reissue the command with at least one user id name.

0019-013Cannot unlock file file name.

Explanation: There is a file name.lck file in /var/spacs that cannot be unlocked or does not exist.

User Response: Ensure that the file exists. If the file does not exist, use the -d and -l flags to try to re-create the problem. The file should be re-created, locked, and unlocked without errors. If errors occur, gather information about the problem and follow local site procedures for reporting hardware and software problems.

0019-014System file /etc/security/user does not exist or does not have read/write permissions.

Explanation: The system file does not exist or have read/write permissions for root.

User Response: Check that the /etc/security/user file exists and has the correct permissions.

0019-015Cannot open user database. Check permissions on the /etc/security/user file.

Explanation: The program could not access the user information.

User Response: Check permissions on the /etc/security/user file.

0019-016Cannot update user database. User, Attribute, Value, Action, Error

Explanation: The program could not write the attribute or commit the attribute to the user database.

User Response: Check the permissions on the /etc/security/user file.

0019-017You must be root to run this command.

Explanation: A user other than root attempted to run spacs_cntrl.

User Response: Only root has permissions to run this command.

0019-018Removing user root from input list of users.

Explanation: The root user is never denied access.

User Response: None.

0019-019Cannot create directory directory name.

Explanation: The directory could not be created.

User Response: Check the AIX mkdir command. If necessary, create the directory by hand.

0019-020Cannot resolve netgroups. NIS is not running. Continuing with valid users if any.

Explanation: NIS is not running on the system.

User Response: Start or restart NIS on the proper node.

0019-021Netgroup name: netgroup name is not valid. Continuing with valid non-netgroup users if any.

Explanation: The netgroup name given or the netgroup name embedded in another netgroup was invalid according to the ypmatch command.

User Response: Reissue the spacs_cntrl command with the proper netgroup name or update the embedded netgroup before running spacs_cntrl again.

0019-022No entries found in the netgroup for users. Continuing with valid users if any.

Explanation: The netgroup specified or any embedded netgroups did not have entries for users.

User Response: Rerun spacs_cntrl with the proper netgroup name.

0019-023System Error. Type used for netgroups not valid.

Explanation: An internal error occurred.

User Response: Gather information about the problem and follow local site procedures for reporting problems.


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