/usr/openwin/bin/kcms_server: Hangup in Solaris

kcms-server was creating tons of warning messages in /var/adm/messages due to which Veritas Netbackup Server was not performing as it should be. Below are the error messages seen from /var/adm/messages

Jan 11 17:43:27 myserv01 inetd[971]: [ID 858011 daemon.warning]

/usr/openwin/bin/kcms_server: Hangup
Jan 11 17:43:28 myserv01 inetd[971]: [ID 317013 daemon.notice] 100221[29956] from

192.168.254.139 myserv01 inetd[971]: [ID 858011 daemon.warning]

/usr/openwin/bin/kcms_server: Hangup
Jan 11 17:43:29 myserv01 inetd[971]: [ID 317013 daemon.notice] 100221[29957] from

192.168.254.139 14237
Jan 11 17:43:29 myserv01 inetd[971]: [ID 858011 daemon.warning]

/usr/openwin/bin/kcms_server: Hangup
Jan 11 17:43:30 myserv01 inetd[971]: [ID 317013 daemon.notice] 100221[29958] from

192.168.254.139 14237
Jan 11 17:43:30 myserv01 inetd[971]: [ID 858011 daemon.warning]

/usr/openwin/bin/kcms_server: Hangup
Jan 11 17:43:31 myserv01 inetd[971]: [ID 317013 daemon.notice] 100221[29959] from

192.168.254.139 14237
Jan 11 17:43:31 myserv01 inetd[971]: [ID 858011 daemon.warning]

/usr/openwin/bin/kcms_server: Hangup
Jan 11 17:43:32 myserv01 inetd[971]: [ID 317013 daemon.notice] 100221[29960] from

192.168.254.139 14237

Solution,

The Solaris kcms_server(1) daemon is part of the Kodak Color Management System
(KCMS), an API and libraries to create and manage profiles that can describe and
control the color performance of digital color images on desktop computers and
associated peripherals. The kcms_server(1) daemon is enabled by default in the
inetd.conf(4) file.

1. Disable the kcms_server(1) daemon on all systems.

a) Edit the “/etc/inetd.conf” file and comment out the following line by
prepending the ‘#’ symbol as follows.

    # 100221/1  tli  rpc/tcp wait root /usr/openwin/bin/kcms_server kcms_server 
b) Instruct the inetd(1M) process to reread the newly modified “/etc/inetd.conf”
file by sending it a hangup signal, SIGHUP:

    $ ps -ef | grep inetd
    $ kill -HUP  <PID>
2. Remove the KCMS related packages using pkgrm(1) as the root user.

The following are the KCMS packages:

Core KCMS packages:

    application SUNWkcslx   KCMS Runtime Library (64-bit)
    application SUNWkcspf   KCMS Optional Profiles
    application SUNWkcspg   KCMS Programmers Environment
    application SUNWkcspx   KCMS Programmers Environment (64-bit)
    system      SUNWkcsrl   KCMS Runtime Library Support
    system      SUNWkcsrr   KCMS Runtime Profiles
    application SUNWkcsrt   KCMS Runtime Environment
    application SUNWkcsrx   KCMS Runtime Environment (64-bit)  

Translated KCMS packages:

    ALE         SUNWckcsr   Simplified Chinese (EUC) KCMS Runtime Environment
    application SUNWdkcsr   German KCMS Runtime Environment
    application SUNWekcsr   Spanish KCMS Runtime Environment
    application SUNWfkcsr   French KCMS Runtime Environment
    ALE         SUNWhkcsr   Traditional Chinese (EUC) KCMS Runtime Environment
    application SUNWikcsr   Italian KCMS Runtime Environment
    application SUNWjkcsr   Japanese KCMS Runtime Environment
    ALE         SUNWkkcsr   Korean (EUC) KCMS Runtime Environment
    application SUNWskcsr   Swedish KCMS Runtime Environment 

After Disabled

Jan 28 16:07:59 myserv01 inetd[971]: [ID 244026 daemon.notice] config: 100083/rpc/tcp still active and was not reconfigured.
Jan 28 16:07:59 myserv01 inetd[971]: [ID 244026 daemon.notice] config: 100068/rpc/udp still active and was not reconfigured.

This did the trick, everything starts working as usual.

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Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) Quick Ref

RPM package database /var/lib/rpm

*.rpm – Used to install, uninstall, upgrade, query, verify a package in Redhat and SuSe Linux

rpm [option] [package_name(PN)/ package_filename(PFN)]

 

-i <PFN> : To install the package if not installed

-F <PFN> : To upgrade the package if older version already exists

-U <PFN> : To install/upgrade the package

-e <PN> : To remove the package (if no dependencies exist)

–nodeps : ignores dependency check while installing/upgrading/removing packages

–force : Replace package dependencies automatically while installing packages

-v : Verbose

-h : Shows installation program bar in terms of hash symbol

q [sub-options] <PN> : to determine whether the package is installed or not

Query [sub-options]

-a : Displays the list of all installed packages

-f <file-name: Displays the name of the package which contains the file

-i <PN> : Displays brief information about the package

-l <PN> : Displays the list of all the files that are contained in the package

-p <PFN> : To query an uninstalled package

–requires <PN> : Displays the dependencies of the package

–scripts <PN>: Displays the scripts executed while installing the package

–changelog <PN> : Displays package revision history.

–whatrequires <capability> : Displays the list of packages that requires the capability

–whatprovides <capability> : Displays the list of package that provides that capability (library file search)

History

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -q –changelog httpd | less
* Wed Mar 21 2007 Karanbir Singh <kbsingh@centos.org> 2.2.3-6.el5.centos.1
- Roll in the CentOS Mods

* Wed Nov 29 2006 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> 2.2.3-6.el5
- fix path to instdso.sh in special.mk (#217677)
- fix detection of links in “apachectl fullstatus”

* Tue Sep 19 2006 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> 2.2.3-5.el5
- rebuild

* Fri Aug 11 2006 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> 2.2.3-3.el5
- use RHEL branding

* Thu Aug 03 2006 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> 2.2.3-3
- init: use killproc() delay to avoid race killing parent

* Fri Jul 28 2006 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> 2.2.3-2
- update to 2.2.3
- trim %changelog to >=2.0.52

* Thu Jul 20 2006 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> 2.2.2-8
- fix segfault on dummy connection failure at graceful restart (#199429)

Script check

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -q –scripts httpd
preinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
# Add the “apache” user
/usr/sbin/useradd -c “Apache” -u 48 \
        -s /sbin/nologin -r -d /var/www apache 2> /dev/null || :
postinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
# Register the httpd service
/sbin/chkconfig –add httpd
preuninstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
if [ $1 = 0 ]; then
        /sbin/service httpd stop > /dev/null 2>&1
        /sbin/chkconfig –del httpd
fi

To find the package dependencies

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -q –requires httpd
/bin/bash
/bin/mktemp
/bin/mv
/bin/rm
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/etc/mime.types
/sbin/chkconfig
/usr/bin/find
/usr/sbin/useradd
/usr/share/magic.mime
config(httpd) = 2.2.3-6.el5.centos.1
gawk
initscripts >= 8.36
libapr-1.so.0
libaprutil-1.so.0
libc.so.6
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)
libcrypt.so.1
libcrypt.so.1(GLIBC_2.0)
libcrypto.so.6
libdb-4.3.so
libdl.so.2
libexpat.so.0
liblber-2.3.so.0
libldap-2.3.so.0
libm.so.6
libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
libpcre.so.0
libpthread.so.0
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)
libselinux.so.1
libssl.so.6
libz.so.1
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rpmlib(VersionedDependencies) <= 3.0.3-1
rtld(GNU_HASH)
sh-utils
textutils

To find library or packages or filename

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -q –whatprovides libssl.so.6
openssl-0.9.8b-8.3.el5

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -q openssl
openssl-0.9.8b-8.3.el5

Opposite of Dependencies

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -q –whatrequires libssl.so.6
openssl-0.9.8b-8.3.el5
python-2.4.3-19.el5
openldap-2.3.27-5
curl-7.15.5-2.el5
postgresql-libs-8.1.4-1.1
php-cli-5.1.6-5.el5
python-ldap-2.2.0-2.1
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.1
httpd-2.2.3-6.el5.centos.1
sendmail-8.13.8-2.el5
php-5.1.6-5.el5
stunnel-4.15-2
distcache-1.4.5-14.1
wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-10.1.fc6
neon-0.25.5-5.1
mysql-5.0.22-2.1
perl-Net-SSLeay-1.30-4.fc6
tog-pegasus-2.5.2-5.el5
spamassassin-3.1.7-4.el5
dovecot-1.0-1.2.rc15.el5
cadaver-0.22.3-4.el5
mod_ssl-2.2.3-6.el5.centos.1
fetchmail-6.3.6-1.el5
squid-2.6.STABLE6-3.el5
gnupg-1.4.5-12
openldap-clients-2.3.27-5
lftp-3.5.1-2.fc6
wget-1.10.2-7.el5
slrn-0.9.8.1pl1-1.2.2
elinks-0.11.1-5.1.el5
nmap-4.11-1.1
gnome-vfs2-2.16.2-4.el5
modcluster-0.8-27.el5.centos
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.el5
ricci-0.8-30.el5
cluster-snmp-0.8-27.el5.centos
cluster-cim-0.8-27.el5.centos

To find the location of installed packages

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -ql nmap
/usr/bin/nmap
/usr/share/doc/nmap-4.11
/usr/share/doc/nmap-4.11/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/nmap-4.11/COPYING.OpenSSL
/usr/share/doc/nmap-4.11/README
/usr/share/doc/nmap-4.11/nmap.usage.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/nmap.1.gz
/usr/share/nmap
/usr/share/nmap/nmap-mac-prefixes
/usr/share/nmap/nmap-os-fingerprints
/usr/share/nmap/nmap-protocols
/usr/share/nmap/nmap-rpc
/usr/share/nmap/nmap-service-probes
/usr/share/nmap/nmap-services
/usr/share/nmap/nmap.dtd
/usr/share/nmap/nmap.xsl

To remove package

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -e httpd
error: Failed dependencies:
        httpd-mmn = 20051115 is needed by (installed) php-5.1.6-5.el5.i386
        httpd-mmn = 20051115 is needed by (installed) mod_ssl-2.2.3-6.el5.centos.1.i386
        httpd-mmn = 20051115 is needed by (installed) mod_python-3.2.8-3.1.i386
        httpd-mmn = 20051115 is needed by (installed) mod_perl-2.0.2-6.1.i386
        webserver is needed by (installed) webalizer-2.01_10-30.1.i386
        httpd = 0:2.2.3-6.el5.centos.1 is needed by (installed) mod_ssl-2.2.3-6.el5.centos.1.i386
        httpd is needed by (installed) piranha-0.8.4-7.el5.i386
        httpd >= 2.2.0 is needed by (installed) gnome-user-share-0.10-6.el5.i386
        httpd >= 2.0.40 is needed by (installed) mod_python-3.2.8-3.1.i386
        httpd = 2.2.3-6.el5.centos.1 is needed by (installed) httpd-manual-2.2.3-6.el5.centos.1.i386
        httpd is needed by (installed) system-config-httpd-1.3.3.1-1.el5.noarch

use

# rpm -e –nodeps httpd

Package Verification

# rpm -V package name : Checks the integrity of the package against the installed database.

# rpm -Va : Checks the integrity of all installed packages against the installed database.

# rpm –import /mnt/cdrom/RPM-GPG-KEY (imports {installs} the public key for package verification)

# rpm –checksig package_file_name : Verifies the signature of the package.

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