I originally wrote:

> We recently tried to install IDS 7.31 UC2 on Solaris 8 (x86), but the
> sysmaster database failed to build. The issue is documented in the
release
> notes for 7.31 UD1:
>
> 124759 ON SOLARIS 8, SERVER FAILS TO BUILD SYSMASTER BECAUSE
> BUILDSMI CONNECT TO DATABASE FAILS WITH ERROR 25572 WITH "EXEC FORMAT
> ERROR" USING TLITCP.

Then I wrote:

> I was able to work around the problem (sort of) by changing the
> sqlhosts entry for "hostname"
>
> from: hostname ontlitcp hostname sqlexec
> to: hostname onipcshm hostname shmem
>
> and adding an entry in /etc/services for "shmem".
>
> However, we need the ability to make remote database connections
> for things like HDR.

Jonathan Leffler replied:

> You don't need to add the entry in services - the name simply needs to

> be unique amongst the shared memory entries on the system. I
> recommend removing the shmem service entry since (a) it serves no
> current purpose and (b) will only server to confuse people in the
future.

Indeed, I was able to make a database connection using shared memory
after removing the entry for shmem in /etc/services. Initially, I didn't
put
the entry there, but I recall getting an error message yesterday saying
that and entry for shmem couldn't be found in /etc/services, so I added
it. I'm not sure what to make of this. Probably some sort of user error.

Jonathan Leffler wrote:

> As Murray Wood mentioned, there were some problems with IDS and some
> versions of Solaris. You're using 7.31.UC2, which is very old. You
> should be aiming to use 7.31.UD8 if at all possible - or the nearest
> approximation available for Solaris 8 on x86.

Yes!
$$
If only it were that simple.
$$
(Read between the lines.)

Murray Wood wrote:

> You need the latest SUN patches on Solaris 8 (don't recall which one
> specifically). I think you also need to enable IPV6.

I don't think any existing patches are going to help. We've encountered
the same issue on both Solaris 8 and 9. The version of 9 that we have is
09/04 - pretty recent. Enabling IPV6 seemed like a long shot, but I
tried
anyway. No luck.

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