Originally posted by: stre

I have a script that runs 'ls':

INSTEMPDIRLIST=$( ls "$GTEMPDIR" | grep nixstandard )

which expands to

INSTEMPDIRLIST=$( ls "/patrol/emsinstaller" | grep nixstandard )

and returns

ls: 0403-006 Execute permission denied.

The script also calls tar, and that also returns 'Execute persmission denied'. When I run either command using the same shell as the script, /bin/ksh, I'm unable to reproduce the problem. This issue has occurred on 3 of 3 systems that have just been upgraded from AIX 5.3 to 6.1. The problem didn't occur on AIX 5.3, and hasn't occurred on fresh installs of 6.1.

What we've tried:
INSTEMPDIRLIST=` ls "$GTEMPDIR" | grep nixstandard `
INSTEMPDIRLIST=$( /usr/bin/ls "$GTEMPDIR" | grep nixstandard )
Verified the user is really the one we expect that this point in the script.
The same problem happens when running "ls /" on the previous line.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated,
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Originally posted by: stre

I've narrowed the problem to this for loop:

SPRINSTALLLIST=nixstandard.tar
GEOP=''
echo TEST
ls
for GIMGARCHIVE in `echo $GEOP "$SPRINSTALLLIST"`
do
echo TEST1
ls
if ; then
echo LPINSTALL
fi
done

The first 'ls' runs fine, the second produces the error.
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Originally posted by: stre

I've simplified

for GIMGARCHIVE in `echo $GEOP "$SPRINSTALLLIST"`

to

for GIMGARCHIVE in $SPRINSTALLLIST

For this script, this worked around the problem. Another, vendor provided script, exhibits the same problem, but the victim is 'date'. I suspect there's something in the user's environment that changed with the upgrade from 5.3 to 6.1.
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Originally posted by: stre

My admins finally mentioned that IBM has told them there's an issue with some system parameters from 5.3 hanging around after the upgrade to 6.1 that cause this problem. They provided a workaround, or two that worked for me.
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Originally posted by: capeme

can you share what IBM support had you guys do?
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Originally posted by: shargus

We've seen the same problem after we installed the latest 6.1 fixpack.

Doing an "ls" gives execute permission denied.

BUT - if you do a "ksh" (which opens a new shell on top of the existing one), the "ls" works fine.

We never could figure it out. We ended up re-installing the OS and it worked.
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Originally posted by: Zinnid

Recreate the problem and then issue 'setkst' (without any flags). If after doing this, you can run ls again with any trouble, you'll have to install the following fix: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ67997

Problem conclusion   During downloading the kernel security table 

for setkst, check the privcmds table version and 

if its an older, convert into 

new format.

Kind regards,
Damian.
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