Login Problem HP Unix

Audit file has 0% free space left ! Unable to Login through root and also unable to login through console.



There is at time when login into the HP-UX system is the problem. We get the problem statement something like:

Error Flashed: Current audit file size is 613959 kilobytes!!! an attempt to switch to the backup file failed.

Must specify a backup file now ! audit file has 0% free space left !



Solution:


Step -1 Login HP-UX in single user mode.


1. shutdown -r 0


2. hit during 10 sec window to interrupt reboot


3. enter:


4. interact with ipl? yes


5. hpux -is (i=init, s=single user)




Step -2 Mount the all files system in single usermode

#mountall




Step -3 Check the root file system.

# bdf /




Step -4 Audit data written into a logfile in your root filesystem (usually into /.secure/etc)

Go to ./secure/etc Directory


# cd ./secure/etc




Step -5 Delete the audfile1 and audfile2

# cd ./secure/etc


# rm –rf audfile1


# rm –rf audfile2




Step -6 Reboot the server and boot in normal mode.




Thats it .........