SUMMARY: SIA initialization failure

From: Daniel Bowman <dbowman_at_sph.jhu.edu>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 11:05:53 -0400

My original question is below.
>
> While trying to boot to init level 3 I've recieved the following
> error.
> - snip -
>
> security configuration set to default (BASE).
> /etc/sia/matrix.conf.675: Read-only file system
> mv: rename /etc/sia/matrix.conf.675 to /etc/sia/matrix.conf: No such
> file or directory
> SIA initialization failure
> *******************************************
> SIA INITIALIZATION ERROR
> THIS REBOOT WILL RETURN TO SINGLE USER MODE
> TO REPAIR THE SIA SECURITY CONFIGURATION
> *******************************************
> ...
> INIT:SINGLE USER MODE
> #
> - snip -
>
> Calls to Digital support previously have not resolved the problem.
> The temporary fix is to set / to rw and...
> cp /etc/sia/.new..matrix.conf /etc/sia/bsd_matrix.conf
>
> Then back up to init 3. But, the next time I reboot, I have to do
> this over again. It's been a little while since I rebooted and I've
> forgotten how to get the root "/" partition as rw. mount -u / results
> in a memory fault. Help?
>
> The system is DU-4.0b and the security level is indeed set to BASE.
>

I found the answer for the mounting problem after sending, "mount -u
/dev/rznx /", and recieved some suggestions but no new insight on the
problem. I recently tried bring the security level up to C-2 and back
down to see if some missing or corrupted file would reappear with no
luck either. One suggestion to do a clean install seemed crude but may
be the only answer. I think I'll keep looking.

Thanks to those who answered!

-- Dan
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Daniel Bowman
UNIX Systems Programmer
IS, Johns Hopkins Univ. mailto:dbowman_at_sph.jhu.edu
Baltimore, MD - USA http://www.sph.jhu.edu/is/staff/

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Received on Mon Apr 28 1997 - 17:25:20 NZST

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