Originally posted by: sck

Hi,

While executing the command prtconf on AIX 5.3 i got the following error message.
Network Information
Host Name: getopt
IP Address:
Sub Netmask: /usr/sbin/mktcpip {-S interface | -h hostname -a address -i interface
-n nameserver_address -d domain -m subnet_mask
-g gateway_address] -t cable_type -r ring_speed
-c subchannel -D destination_address -s}

-h hostname Hostname of your machine
-a address IP address of the interface specified by -i
(must be in dotted decimal notation)
-i interface Interface to associate with the -a IP address
-n nameserver_address IP address of nameserver machine
(must be in dotted decimal notation)
-d domain Domain name, only use with -n
-m subnet_mask Subnetwork mask (dotted decimal or 0x notation)
-g gateway_address Gateway destination address
(dotted decimal or symbolic name)
-t cable_type Cable type for ethernet, either 'bnc', 'dix', 'tp'
or 'N/A'
-r ring_speed Ring speed for token ring adapter, either 4 or 16
-s Start the TCP/IP daemon
-c subchannel Subchannel Address for 370 Channel Adapter
-D destination_address Destination IP address for 370 Channel Adapter
-S interface Retrieve information for SMIT display
-A yes or no Do active dead gateway detection on default route?
-C cost Cost for default route

Example
Gateway:
Name Server:
Domain Name:
Can anybody suggest the solution for this

Thanks

Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

The text you've quoted resembles the error message you get if you run /usr/sbin/mktcpip with invalid parameters. /usr/sbin/prtconf is a shell script which, among other things, runs mktcpip. This tends to suggest that you have something messed up in your network configuration. What I would do is add the -x flag to the shebang line of prtconf and run it again to see where exactly the failure is happening. It should show you the failing command.

HTH

Jim Lane

Originally posted by: sa1piper

I just encountered the same thing and discovered that the reason was because I had an active dhcpcd daemon process. Once I stopped it via 'stopsrc -s dhcpcd', the prtconf output was back to normal. I don't know why dhcpcd was even running in the first place as we use static IPs.