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-rw-r--r--usr/src/cmd/pfexec/pfexec.c12
-rw-r--r--usr/src/man/man1/pfexec.17
-rw-r--r--usr/src/uts/common/os/klpd.c2
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr/src/cmd/pfexec/pfexec.c b/usr/src/cmd/pfexec/pfexec.c
index f06e1c3806..35bffd0d72 100644
--- a/usr/src/cmd/pfexec/pfexec.c
+++ b/usr/src/cmd/pfexec/pfexec.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
{
char *cmd;
char *pset = NULL;
+ const char *msg;
char pathbuf[MAXPATHLEN];
int c;
priv_set_t *wanted;
@@ -129,9 +130,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
switch (shellname(cmd, pathbuf)) {
case RES_OK:
(void) execv(pathbuf, argv);
+ msg = strerror(errno);
+ if (errno == ENOTACTIVE)
+ msg = gettext("failed to contact pfexecd");
(void) fprintf(stderr,
gettext("pfexec: unable to execute %s: %s\n"),
- pathbuf, strerror(errno));
+ pathbuf, msg);
return (1);
case RES_PFEXEC:
case RES_FAILURE:
@@ -170,9 +174,13 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
}
(void) execvp(argv[0], argv);
+
+ msg = strerror(errno);
+ if (errno == ENOTACTIVE)
+ msg = gettext("failed to contact pfexecd");
(void) fprintf(stderr,
gettext("pfexec: unable to execute %s: %s\n"),
- argv[0], strerror(errno));
+ argv[0], msg);
return (1);
}
return (1);
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man1/pfexec.1 b/usr/src/man/man1/pfexec.1
index 07b89eefa2..230b24bb7d 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man1/pfexec.1
+++ b/usr/src/man/man1/pfexec.1
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ The privileges specification on the commands line is parsed using
union of the privileges specified using the "\fBprivs\fR" keyword in
\fBprof_attr\fR(4) for all the user's profiles and added to the inheritable set
before executing the command.
+.sp
+.LP
+For \fBpfexec\fR to function correctly, the \fBpfexecd\fR daemon must be running
+in the current zone. This is normally managed by the
+"\fBsvc:/system/pfexec:default\fR" SMF service (see \fBsmf\fR(5)).
.SH USAGE
.sp
.LP
@@ -104,4 +109,4 @@ An error occurred.
.sp
.LP
\fBcsh\fR(1), \fBksh\fR(1), \fBprofiles\fR(1), \fBsh\fR(1), \fBexec_attr\fR(4),
-\fBprof_attr\fR(4), \fBuser_attr\fR(4), \fBattributes\fR(5)
+\fBprof_attr\fR(4), \fBuser_attr\fR(4), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBsmf\fR(5)
diff --git a/usr/src/uts/common/os/klpd.c b/usr/src/uts/common/os/klpd.c
index 55734ae757..f5ae8823bb 100644
--- a/usr/src/uts/common/os/klpd.c
+++ b/usr/src/uts/common/os/klpd.c
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ pfexec_call(const cred_t *cr, struct pathname *rpnp, cred_t **pfcr,
mutex_exit(&myzone->zone_lock);
if (pfd == NULL)
- return (0);
+ return (ENOTACTIVE);
if (pfd->klpd_door_pid == curproc->p_pid) {
klpd_rele(pfd);