NOTE
Messages
Agent Messages
Agent Messages
These messages are produced by the agent processes. If you see a message that is not described and you cannot resolve, contact HP support.
idsagent: another idsagent (PID:pid) process is running Or a stale lockfile /var/opt/ids/idsagent.pid exists Remove it and attempt to restart - exiting
❏Meaning: You attempted to start idsagent and it is already running. Or idsagent halted abnormally, leaving the lock file in place.
❏Action: See if the agent is already running (ps
idsagent: agent processes must NOT be run as root - exiting
❏Meaning: You are currently executing as superuser (root). For security reasons,
❏Action: Switch to user ids.
idsagent: a critical error occurred on the agent; halting schedule execution
❏Meaning: If idsagent encounters an unexpected error, it will halt the currently active surveillance schedule.
❏Action: This error often occurs if the IDDS driver in the kernel is not configured correctly. Run the IDS_checkInstall script. Contact HP support.
idsagent: access checking on configuration file cfile failed
❏Meaning: Security checks on the configuration file cfile have failed.
❏Action: idsagent will refuse to open the configuration file if it is not owned by
user:group ids:ids, is not readable by user ids, or if it is
idsagent: alert log creation failed
❏Meaning: idsagent failed to create the /var/opt/ids/alert.log local alert logfile.
❏Action: Check that the directory exists, that it is owned by user:group ids:ids; that it has permissions 700; and that the /var partition has free space available.
idsagent: cannot access its base directory: dir
❏Meaning: idsagent failed to change its current working directory to dir
❏Action: Ensure that dir exists; that it is owned by user:group ids:ids; and that it is readable and executable by user ids.
idsagent: cannot open configuration file cfile
❏Meaning: idsagent cannot open the configuration file cfile.
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