Hi, as a last resort, You could try /usr/bin/truss -o /tmp/truss.dsmc dsmc
to see the "hanging" point after a Ctrl+c in truss'es o/p Hope this helps. On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Jurjen Oskam wrote: > Hi there, > > On an AIX 5.2 ML 4 64bit system we use KRB5A authentication to > authenticate some local users against Active Directory using > Kerberos. This works fine. > > There is a problem with dsmc though. When run as root (who is > locally authenticated) the client works fine, but when run as > any other user (even a user who isn't authenticated using KRB5A), > it hangs. As soon as I put: > > KRB5A: > program = /usr/lib/security/KRB5A > options = authonly > > KRB5Afiles: > options = db=BUILTIN,auth=KRB5A > > ... in /usr/lib/security/methods.cfg, the client hangs when run > as any local user. The instant I remove those lines, the client > will run as any user. The client hangs after the message: > "Selective Backup function invoked." (this was when executing a > selective backup, but the problem occurs on every type of backup > or archive) When the client is hanging, Q SESS on the server shows: > > tsm: SERVER1>q sess > > Sess Comm. Sess Wait Bytes Bytes Sess Platform > Client Name > Number Method State Time Sent Recvd Type > ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- ------- ----- -------- > -------------------- > 15,277 Tcp/Ip IdleW 2 S 6.3 K 458 Node AIX > TRIDW1 > 15,278 Tcp/Ip IdleW 2 S 63 4 Node > > I have opened a PMR about this, but I wondered if somebody here > encountered this problem and might have a workaround. The client > version is 5.2.2.5. > -- > Jurjen Oskam > -- MfG / Ciao - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Peter Dümpert Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rechenzentrum der Technischen Universität Fax : ++49/531/391-5549 D 38092 Braunschweig Tel : ++49/531/391-5535