Originally posted by: Darkpaw

The binary for "logger" appears to be corrupt on my AIX install, and I can't find the binary on the install CDs.

1. which logger

/usr/bin/logger

1. ls -l /usr/bin/logger

-r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 0 Jan 13 15:56 /usr/bin/logger
#

(notice the size 0)
Where would I be able to download this binary from? This is in AIX 4.3.

Thanks in advance...
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Originally posted by: dukessd

You should be able to reinstall the fileset that provided the logger binary to recover the broken file.

lslpp -w can be used to find the associated fileset and then you can either reinstall or overwrite this fileset with your AIX install media.
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Originally posted by: Darkpaw

Thanks. It looks like it's here:

/usr/bin/logger bos.rte.serv_aid File

I have the original media, but am not very familiar with AIX. What command would I use to recover the binary from that package?
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Originally posted by: dukessd

You can find that sort of information anywhere, try a web search for smitty install, you may need to force the install, as the fileset will already be installed, to get it to go do its work and reinstall all the associated commands to overwrite your broken one.

We are here to provide guidance but as the system administrator it is up to you to know how to administrate your system and also it is up to you to take responsibility for your actions.

A simple bad post or genuine mistake here, on this free forum, should not be any excuse for you to compromise your company or for you to put your job on the line.
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Originally posted by: Darkpaw

This is on a lab machine, used for testing logging. I haven't used AIX in years, literally since this was installed. Somebody clearly wiped the program by mistake when they were trying to set something up.

No need to be so callous.
Cheers.
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Originally posted by: Darkpaw

Well, quite a hassle to get this package installed. When I try to install it, it tells me it's already installed. Understandable. It won't let me uninstall the broken package because there are so many dependencies to it. And it won't let me force a reinstall because it's not considered a base fileset.

Could somebody just take the single "logger" file binary from a 4.3 /usr/bin directory for me and tar/gz it and put it on an ftp site somewhere? This would save an incredible amount of time and hassle.

1. installp -acNF -d /dev/cd0 bos.rte.serv_aid

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pre-installation Verification...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verifying selections...

Pre-installation Failure/Warning Summary

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0503-500 installp: After completion of pre-installation processing,
there were no installable base level filesets found on the
installation media. Note that use of the force install option
(-F flag) will cause installp to consider only base level filesets
(fileset updates will be ignored). No installation has occurred.
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Originally posted by: tony.evans

The filesets are in AIX backup format, you can see the content using,

restore -T filename

and man restore will tell you how to get the file you want out of the install fileset.
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Originally posted by: tony.evans

For clarity, by filename I mean in this instance, bos.rte.serv_aid
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Originally posted by: Darkpaw

When I try to use the restore command it says it's not in backup format.
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Originally posted by: Darkpaw

Also, there is no man page for restore.
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Originally posted by: tony.evans

Well, I can't comment on why someone didn't install the man pages on your box, but at this end, the command works fine, sorry.

I've just tested a 4.3 box I still have access to and the restore -T -f filename command works fine and lists the contents of the fileset as expected.
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Originally posted by: dukessd

Darkpaw,

Sorry I did not intend to upset you with my earlier comments, I was simply trying to say that you need to do some research for your self to not only learn and understand what you need to know but also to remind you that this is a free forum and you should verify any advice given in case it is wrong and might damage your system.

Also I do not have an AIX 4.3.3 system and could not quickly find an AIX 4.3.3 command reference to verify the exact command you might need.

I would not expect any one to upload or send you any AIX executable files because that would be illegal due to the licensing restrictions of the product.

Are you sure the CD media you have is AIX install media? The message suggests it might not be installable base media but rather some sort of update disk.
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Originally posted by: Darkpaw

I can't see how an individual binary would be any kind of licensing issue, since having the original CDs for the RS/6000 this is running on should give me any licensing involved for the binary (that is of no value outside of this OS).

Regardless...

It's the original 4 CDs that I used to install AIX on the system a couple years ago. At this point, the binary is more important than what's on the system, so I guess I'm just going to have to reinstall it from scratch.

Cheers.
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Originally posted by: dukessd

All AIX installable filesets and binaries are proprietary, licensed, products and so subject to distribution restrictions. You may get someone to post such code but I would be wary of asking for, or doing so, on an IBM web site!

Your error message clearly says:
"there were no installable base level filesets found on the
installation media"
It wouldn't just say that for a laugh...

What did you find on the media? Did you find the fileset by name or just a bunch of numbered filesets with a bff extension?
Often install media filesets are in bff (backup file format) format and do not have the filename you expect.
Check out the bffcreate command to turn these into real fileset names.

Have you tried through smitty, listing the installable options, selecting the fileset or package you need?

If you need to reinstall could you split a mirrored rootvg, install to the spare disk, grab the binary and then re-mirror, or if you have a spare disk then install to that to grab the binary?

If you installed from this media set then you / we should be able to work out how to get just the fileset you need.
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Originally posted by: Kosala

Wouldn't it be easier to uninstall the package and reinstall from the media?

Kosala
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

way back in my head the term "restore from last backup" comes to rise...
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