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malufi
Level 2
4 years ago

nbcheck returned exit status 255

Hi,  im trying to install netbackup client 8.1 in RHEL 7.4 , but encounter this message  nbcheck returned exit status 255. Anyone familiar with this message ? is it ok to continue the installation...
8.1.2
Linux
  • pats_729's avatar
    pats_729
    4 years ago
    Hi
    It seems /tmp is mounted with noexec permission. You need to remove this permission and remount /tmp and then attempt install.

    Hope it helps.
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malufi
Level 2

Hi pats_729 

after checking mount, yes my client  has noexec permission on /tmp 

tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,nodiratime,seclabel)


is it possible to use another directory to replace /tmp for installation ?

just to avoid remount /tmp 

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pats_729
Level 6
4 years ago
Hi
Unfortunately NO. You cannot do it.

Remounting tmp doesn’t need any downtime or services inturption. You can remount it with this command . After installation may be you can revert it with same command but just modify permission as noexec.

mount -o remount,exec /tmp