E-WL: Syntax Error "/bin/sh: error importing function definition for `which'” When Shutting Down the Web Server Domain Using the PSADMIN Menu (Doc ID 2976637.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

When attempting to bring down the Web server domain using PSADMIN menu, the domain goes down successfully. However, the following warning is shown intermittently on the screen:

ERROR:
Stopping the domain [<Domain Name>].../bin/sh: which: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
/bin/sh: error importing function definition for `which'
/bin/sh: ml: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
/bin/sh: error importing function definition for `ml'
/bin/sh: _module_raw: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
/bin/sh: error importing function definition for `_module_raw'
/bin/sh: scl: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
/bin/sh: error importing function definition for `scl'
/bin/sh: switchml: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
/bin/sh: error importing function definition for `switchml'
/bin/sh: module: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
/bin/sh: error importing function definition for `module'

The issue can be reproduced following these steps:
1. Open PSADMIN menu.
2. Choose the Web server option and try to stop the domain to replicate it.
  

Cause

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