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Troubleshooting RIS
This chapter contains information to help you troubleshoot problems with
your RIS system. These problems are grouped into the following categories:
• RIS lock files (Section 8.1)
• Client password expiration (Section 8.2)
• Root file system mounting (Section 8.3)
• RIS client registration (Section 8.4)
• RIS server response (Section 8.5)
8.1 RIS Lock Files
To prevent multiple users from performing simultaneous operations on RIS
areas, the ris utility creates two lock files in the /tmp directory, rislock
and ris.tty.lock when you are installing or deleting software in a RIS
area. If another user (or the same user on a different terminal) runs the ris
utility and attempts to install or delete software from the RIS Utility Main
Menu, they see a message similar to the following:
The ris utility is currently locked while j_smith on /dev/ttyp3
is installing software. Try again later.
If the ris utility is stopped prematurely, these lock files may not be removed
and you see this message even though no other user is using RIS. You must
delete the lock files from the /tmp directory.
_____________________ Caution _____________________
Before deleting the lock files, ensure that no other user is using
the ris utility.
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