SMF service fails with 'svc.startd could not set context for method' and 'chdir: No such file or directory'
(Doc ID 1615161.1)
Last updated on APRIL 11, 2023
Applies to:
Solaris Operating System - Version 10 3/05 and laterInformation in this document applies to any platform.
Symptoms
Some of the SMF services refuse to start and go into the 'maintenance' state.
Example:
# svcs-xv
...
svc:/network/location:upgrade (?)
State: maintenance since Wed Jan 15 16:43:56 2014
Reason: Start method exited with $SMF_EXIT_ERR_CONFIG.
See: http://support.oracle.com/msg/SMF-8000-KS
See: /var/svc/log/network-location:upgrade.log
Impact: 9 dependent services are not running:
svc:/network/physical:default
svc:/milestone/network:default
svc:/network/iscsi/initiator:default
svc:/system/ocm:default
svc:/network/shares:default
svc:/system/fcoe_initiator:default
svc:/network/iptun:default
svc:/network/location:default
svc:/network/ssh:default
...
offline - 16:43:40 - svc:/network/physical:default
offline - 16:43:40 - svc:/network/location:default
offline - 16:43:40 - svc:/milestone/network:default
offline - 16:43:41 - svc:/network/iptun:default
offline - 16:43:41 - svc:/network/ssh:default
offline - 16:43:41 - svc:/network/iscsi/initiator:default
offline - 16:43:43 - svc:/network/shares:default
offline - 16:43:45 - svc:/system/ocm:default
offline - 16:43:45 - svc:/system/fcoe_initiator:default
maintenance - 16:43:56 - svc:/network/location:upgrade
...
In the log file of the SMF service (per svcs -xv output) the following can be seen:
...
[ Jan 10 12:56:38 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/net-loc upgrade"). ]
[ Jan 10 12:56:38 svc.startd could not set context for method: ]
chdir: No such file or directory
[ Jan 10 12:56:38 Method "start" exited with status 96. ]
...
Changes
Cause
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