Setup of Patch Management Tool Fails to Complete Successfully

The following files are already installed on the system and are being used
by another package:

/etc <attribute change only>

Installation of <SUNWppcfg> was suspended (interaction required).

Description:

The patch tool setup script did not complete successfully.

Cause:

The owner or permissions on the /etc directory have changed.

Workaround:

Perform one of the following workarounds:

• Set the owner, group, and permissions of the /etc directory to be root, sys, and 0755, respectively.

• Change the value of the conflict parameter in the /var/sadm/install/admin/default file to be ask or nocheck.