critical impact:

rcmgr - not supported; use ch_rc (CrUn351)

Problem description

The rcmgr command exists on Tru64 UNIX but not on HP-UX. However, a replacement exists in the ch_rc command on HP-UX.

On Tru64 UNIX, the rcmgr command gets, sets, and delete variables in the system configuration files. On HP-UX, the ch_rc command provides similar functionality.

The configuration files are different on the two platforms. Tru64 UNIX uses a hierarchy of three configuration files:

/etc/rc.config
/etc/rc.config.common
/etc/rc.config.site

They are shared by all of the subsystems. HP-UX uses a directory of configuration files, /etc/rc.config.d, and each file is for a specific subsystem.

Identifiers

rcmgr

Old behavior

rcmgr get NUM_NFSD
rcmgr set NUM_NFSD 8
rcmgr delete NUM_NFSD

See also

• Background information on command and utilities impacts
• rcmgr(8)

Solution description

To access system configuration files on HP-UX, use the ch_rc command.

The get, set, and delete options of the rcmgr command correspond to the -l, -a, and -r options of the ch_rc command.

If an application has any parameters in the Tru64 UNIX configuration files, then on HP-UX it should put them in its own configuration file in the /etc/rc.config.d directory.

New behavior

# get 
ch_rc -l -p NUM_NFSD

# set 
ch_rc -a -p NUM_NFSD=8 /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf

# delete 
ch_rc -r -p NUM_NFSD

See also

• ch_rc(1M)

Problem summary