ITEM: FG9039L

/usr/sbin/setbs.sh[23]: /etc/methods/ucfgdevice: 0403-006 Execute perm

Question:

Env:
  AIX 4.2.1
  RISC J30
  Tape 8mm 5gb
  sysback 4.1.4.3 (both on the server and client systems)

Problem:
  Customer tried to verify a full system backup to a remote system
  and got this error message:

  sysback -xf /dev/rmt0 -h modj30
  Rewinding rmt0 ...

  Retrieving backup header information ..
 /usr/sbin/setbs.sh[23]: /etc/methods/ucfgdevice: 0403-006 
  Execute permission denied.

 Cannot unconfigure device rmt0

Action:
  On the server system:
  1.  cd /usr/sbin
  2.  ls -l setbs
      -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     system      1418 Jan 05 12:26 setbs

      This is incorrect, the permission should be this:

      -rwsr-sr-x   1 root     system      1418 Jan 05 12:26 setbs

  3.  chmod +s setbs

  This corrected the problem.

  The /usr/sbin/setbs program has not been updated in many years.  Recently
  it was update and the permissions on the setbs in the production code was
  not updated.  It is however set correctly in the update image.


"chmod ug+s FILE", where FILE is all of:
        /usr/sbin/setbs
        /usr/sbin/mkboottape
        /usr/sbin/ttymsg
        /usr/sbin/sbclient
        /usr/sbin/getlvminfo




Support Line: /usr/sbin/setbs.sh[23]: /etc/methods/ucfgdevice: 0403-006 Execute perm ITEM: FG9039L

Dated: February 1998 Category: N/A

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