| Bug #6560 | Segmentation fault after successful install | ||
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| Submitted: | 10 Nov 2004 21:28 | Modified: | 15 Nov 2004 10:00 |
| Reporter: | Guðmundur D. Haraldsson | Email Updates: | |
| Status: | Closed | Impact on me: | |
| Category: | MaxDB | Severity: | S3 (Non-critical) |
| Version: | 7.5.00.19 | OS: | Linux (Fedora Core 2 -installed cleanly) |
| Assigned to: | Ulf Wendel | CPU Architecture: | Any |
[11 Nov 2004 21:57]
Ulf Wendel
Thank you for the great input! We are working on it :-(. Best regards, Ulf Wendel
[15 Nov 2004 10:00]
Ulf Wendel
Hello, your analysation of the error was very helpful. Thank you! You can track the process of the bugfix on http://www.sapdb.org/webpts?stored=yes&Init=no&SelFECR=3&Number=1132481&TStatus1=yes&TStat... Best regards, Ulf Wendel
Description: After installing MaxDB 7.5.00.19 I was looking around in the newly installed directories, and did something I knew was incorrect, but tried anyway: [sdb@klif bin]$ pwd /usr/local/maxdb_kernel/bin [sdb@klif bin]$ ./dbmstart ERR: Missing database name Usage: dbmstart -d DBNAME Segmentation fault [sdb@klif bin]$ ./dbmstop ERR: Missing database name Usage: dbmstart -d DBNAME Segmentation fault When looking at source-code, I see the following in /home/gdh/maxdb-source/V75_00_19/MaxDB_ORG/sys/src/cn/vcn12dbmstart.cpp: static void cn12ParseOptions ( tcn12Options * options, int argc, char * argv[] ) { if ( argc < 2 ) { printf("ERR: Missing database name\n"); printf("Usage: dbmstart -d DBNAME\n"); } [..] char *dbname; if ( argv[1][2] != 0 ) { dbname = &(argv[1][2]); } else { dbname = argv[2]; } if ( strlen(dbname) > sizeof(tsp00_DbName) ) { printf("ERR: Database '%s' name too long\n", dbname); printf("Usage: dbmstart -d DBNAME\n"); } [..] I'd guess that "dbname = &(argv[1][2]);" is the offencive statement here, causing the segmentation fault when fewer than 1 argument are provided... Also, when I tried to provide some arguments, this happend: [sdb@klif bin]$ ./dbmstop -d asdf asdf asdf Failed to get root path for 'ASDF' Failed to get root path for 'ASDF' Segmentation fault How to repeat: * Install MaxDB * Try to use dbmstart without creating any database instance. Suggested fix: Provide some checks in the code posted above, if indeed that code is causing the problems...