Symptom
- ASE is on Linux.
- Notice the file /dev/shm/FlexNetFs.xxxxx (the number varies, it's likely a process ID) and a file with this name /dev/shm/.flexnetfs, both the directory and the file are world-writable, which is a violation in the environment.
ls /dev/shm/ -al
ls: cannot access /dev/shm/FlexNetFs.43054: Transport endpoint is not connected
total 99
drwxrwxrwt 3 root root 120 Mar 14 12:10 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 3760 Mar 14 11:10 ..
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? FlexNetFs.76491
- RUN_ASE file has "umask 027", the world-writable should not have happened.
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Environment
SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise on Linux
Product
SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise all versions
Keywords
/dev/shm, /dev/shm/FlexNetFs, /dev/shm/FlexNetFs.xxxxx, /shm/.flexnetfs, world writable, world-writable, Linux, Red Hat, permission, permissions, FlexNet, FlexNet FileSystem, FlexNet file system , KBA , BC-SYB-ASE , Sybase ASE Database Platform (non Business Suite) , Problem
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