PifInst failed with code 8
Article ID: 203584
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Products
CA Client Automation - Asset Management
CA Client Automation - IT Client Manager
CA Client Automation
CA Client Automation - Software Delivery
Issue/Introduction
Installation of Agent on Unix/Linux with exit code 8
CA ITCM response file install: 'sh PifInst -r '/tmp/ca-dsm.resp.25677' -s' failed with code 8Environment
CA Client Automation - All supported versions.
Cause
Following command returns this error :
sh ca-sm-installer -f "ca-dsm.Linux.@pif"
Temporary directory has no write permissions.
Reason: The temporary directory in which the self installer is extracted has no write permissions.
Action: Ensure that /tmp or $TMPDIR has write permissions: /tmp
There is a write permission problem on /tmp
Resolution
As workaround this could be done as below:
mkdir /tmp2
TMPDIR=/tmp2
export TMPDIR
And do installation from /tmp2
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