8.8 Starting a Solaris Endpoint

The endpoint program starts automatically each time Solaris is rebooted. It sends its screen output to file /var/adm/endpoint.console. To see error messages generated at this endpoint, enter the following command:

tail -f /var/adm/endpoint.console

The detailed information about the start and stop of each individual connection pair is written to file endpoint.aud. The contents of this file vary depending on how you set the SECURITY_AUDITING keyword in your endpoint.ini file. For more information, see Section 2.0, Endpoint Initialization File.

You can choose to manually start the endpoint program at a command prompt. Ensure you are logged in as a “root” user. To start the endpoint, enter:

/opt/NetIQ/endpoint &

The “&” parameter indicates to Solaris the endpoint program should run in the background. The screen output from the endpoint program is interleaved with other UNIX commands. Press Return to enter more commands.

If you manually start the endpoint, consider redirecting its output to the endpoint.console file. You can tell by the time stamp of the file when the endpoint program was started and stopped.

If the endpoint program is already running, you get the following message, “CHR0183: The endpoint program is already running. Only one copy is allowed at a time.