ASET Troubleshooting

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This appendix documents the error messages generated by ASET. The error messages are shown in Courier font and are listed in alphabetical order. For each message, the following is given:

Meaning: This section clarifies and expands the message.

Action: This section explains how to resolve or fix the problem that is causing the message to be issued.

ASET Error Messages

ASET failed: no mail program found.

Meaning: ASET is directed to send the execution log to a user, but no mail
program can be found.

Action: Install a mail program.

Usage: aset [-n user[@host]] in /bin/mail or
/usr/ucb/mail.

Cannot decide current and previous security levels.

Meaning: ASET cannot determine what the security levels are for the current and previous invocations.

Action: Ensure the current security level is set either through the command line option or the ASETSECLEVEL environment variable. Also, ensure that the last line of ASETDIR/archives/asetseclevel.arch correctly reflects the previous security level. If these values are not set or are incorrect, specify them correctly.

ASET working directory undefined.
To specify, set ASETDIR environment variable or
use command line option -d.
ASET startup unsuccessful.

Meaning: The ASET working (operating) directory is not defined, or defined incorrectly.

Action: Use the ASETDIR environment variable or the -d command line option to specify it correctly, and restart ASET.

ASET working directory $ASETDIR missing.
ASET startup unsuccessful.

Meaning: The ASET working (operating) directory is not defined, or it is defined incorrectly. This may be because the ASETDIR variable or the -d command line option refers to a nonexistent directory.

Action: Ensure that the correct directory-- that is, the directory containing the ASET directory hierarchy--is referred to correctly.

Cannot expand $ASETDIR to full pathname.

Meaning: ASET cannot expand the directory name given by the ASETDIR variable or the -d command line option to a full path name.

Action: Ensure that the directory name is given correctly, and that it refers to an existing directory to which the user has access.

aset: invalid/undefined security level.
To specify, set ASETSECLEVEL environment variable or
use command line option -l, with argument= low/med/high.

Meaning: The security level is not defined or it is defined incorrectly. Only the
values low, med, or high are acceptable.

Action: Use the ASETSECLEVEL variable or the -l command line option to
specify one of the three values.

ASET environment file asetenv not found in $ASETDIR.
ASET startup unsuccessful.

Meaning: ASET cannot locate an asetenv file in its working directory.

Action: Ensure there is an asetenv file in ASET's working directory. See the
asetenv(4) manual page for the details about this file.

filename doesn't exist or is not readable.

Meaning: The file referred to by filename doesn't exist or is not readable. This can specifically occur when using the -u option where you can specify a file that contains a list of users whom you want to check.

Action: Ensure the argument to the -u option exists and is readable.

ASET task list TASKLIST undefined.

Meaning: The ASET task list, which should be defined in the asetenv file, is not defined. This can mean that your asetenv file is bad.

Action: Examine your asetenv file. Ensure the task list is defined in the User Configurable section. Also check other parts of the file to ensure the file is intact. See the asetenv(4) manual page for the content of a good asetenv file.

ASET task list $TASKLIST missing.
ASET startup unsuccessful.

Meaning: The ASET task list, which should be defined in the asetenv file, is not defined. This can mean that your asetenv file is bad.

Schedule undefined for periodic invocation.
No tasks executed or scheduled. Check asetenv file.

Meaning: ASET scheduling is requested using the -p option, but the variable
PERIODIC_SCHEDULE is undefined in the asetenv file.

Action: Check the User Configurable section of the asetenv file to ensure
the variable is defined and is in proper format.

Warning! Duplicate ASET execution scheduled.
Check crontab file.

Meaning: ASET is scheduled more than once. In other words, scheduling is requested while a schedule is already in effect. This is not necessarily an error if more than one schedule is indeed desired, just a warning that normally this is unnecessary since you should use the crontab(1) scheduling format if you want more than one schedule.

Action: Verify, through the crontab(1) command interface, that the correct schedule is in effect. Ensure that no unnecessary crontab entries for ASET are in place.