Solaris ISP Server 2.0 Installation Guide

Host Configuration Error Messages

If you executed hcstartup to install Solaris ISP Server components from the browser, you may receive these error messages.


Error: Aborting install at user request.

If you do not want to save and use the SolarisTM for ISPsTM 1.0 component configuration information during this installation, you must:


It looks like another instance of this program is already 
running. Only one instance of this program may run at a time. 
To verify that another instance is not actually running, 
run "ps" and look for "hcstartup", "hchttpd", or "hcbi".  If 
you do not find any of these processes, remove the following 
files and start this program again:
/tmp/hcstartup.running
/tmp/hcstartup.locale
/tmp/hcbi.running

Ensure that no other legitimate host configuration session is running. Then delete the files listed and run hcstartup again.


Note -

You will get this error message if, during the last time you started the host configuration process,

To exit an installation, always click Exit and do not close the browser window.

To re-enter the host configuration process:

  1. Start the browser.

  2. Access the host configuration software user interface. To access, type URL: http://hostname:8000/cgi-bin/splash, where hostname is the name of the host where another session is running, and please specify port number if you installed on a port other than the default, 8000.



Not enough disk space.
You may enter a different directory to
install a working copy of this software.

By default, hcstartup installs a temporary Web server in /tmp. If there is not enough disk space in /tmp, it will prompt you to specify another directory for it to use. Please ensure that the directory you specify has at least 10MB of free space available.


DISPLAY environment variable is not set.
To continue the configuration process, you will need to open the
following URL in a web browser:
http://host:port/cgi-bin/splash

Do you want to continue?

To continue with the configuration process for installing Solaris ISP Server, type y and press Return. Open the URL in a browser. To exit the installation process, type n and press Return. If you exit the installation process, the Web server will be automatically shut down and the temporary files will be removed.


Cannot find hotjava in /usr/dt/bin. You will need 
to bring the following URL up in another browser:
http://host:port/cgi-bin/splash

The hcstartup script has completed its background tasks. Start a Web browser and access the URL listed. The host is the machine where the host configuration software is running and the port the one you specified to hcstartup.