Hi All,
One of EX2200 switch is not accessed remotely with utilities SSH then while I checked with console access, got message of "missing privilege separation directory /var/empty". Please share your experience that may lead to resolve my issue.
More details of issue is as below;
user@SW# run show log default-log-messages
Jan 6 05:18:00 EX2200SW newsyslog[9255]: logfile turned over due to size>128K
<34>1 2013-01-06T05:18:08.168Z EX2200SW sshd 9257 - - fatal: Missing privilege separation directory: /var/empty
<34>1 2013-01-06T05:18:23.205Z EX2200SW sshd 9260 - - fatal: Missing privilege separation directory: /var/empty
<78>1 2013-01-06T05:22:00.051Z EX2200SW /usr/sbin/cron 9289 - - (root) CMD (newsyslog)
<78>1 2013-01-06T05:23:00.151Z EX2200SW /usr/sbin/cron 9292 - - (root) CMD (newsyslog)
<34>1 2013-01-06T05:23:08.545Z EX2200SW sshd 9295 - - fatal: Missing privilege separation directory: /var/empty
<34>1 2013-01-06T05:23:23.617Z EX2200SW sshd 9297 - - fatal: Missing privilege separation directory: /var/empty
<34>1 2013-01-06T05:23:38.612Z EX2200SW sshd 9299 - - fatal: Missing privilege separation directory: /var/empty
<34>1 2013-01-06T05:23:53.653Z EX2200SW sshd 9301 - - fatal: Missing privilege separation directory: /var/empty
<78>1 2013-01-06T05:24:00.253Z EX2200SW /usr/sbin/cron 9303 - - (root) CMD (newsyslog)
<78>1 2013-01-06T05:25:00.392Z EX2200SW /usr/sbin/cron 9308 - - (root) CMD (newsyslog)
user@EX2200SW> show system processes extensive no-forwarding
last pid: 7119; load averages: 0.19, 0.15, 0.06 up 0+11:26:51 17:07:28
103 processes: 3 running, 84 sleeping, 16 waiting
Mem: 134M Active, 62M Inact, 61M Wired, 19M Cache, 61M Buf, 212M Free
Swap:
PID USERNAME THR PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME WCPU COMMAND
11 root 1 171 52 0K 2992K RUN 473:13 73.68% idle
7100 root 1 106 0 16932K 10568K select 0:01 15.44% cli
7101 root 1 123 0 32820K 5100K select 0:00 8.34% mgd
116 root 1 -8 0 0K 2992K mdwait 0:43 2.93% md3
789 root 1 8 0 195M 15420K nanslp 80:18 1.46% pfem
156 root 1 -8 0 0K 2992K mdwait 0:20 1.17% md5
786 root 1 4 0 141M 4940K kqread 22:27 0.98% chassism
176 root 1 -8 0 0K 2992K mdwait 0:07 0.83% md6
13 root 1 -20 -139 0K 2992K RUN 62:06 0.39% swi7: clock
76 root 1 -8 0 0K 2992K mdwait 0:03 0.39% md1
136 root 1 -8 0 0K 2992K mdwait 0:13 0.24% md4
613 root 1 97 0 4456K 2596K select 0:03 0.10% eventd
787 root 2 8 -88 196M 10672K nanslp 35:05 0.05% sfid
899 root 1 96 0 5704K 2736K select 0:05 0.05% sdxd
196 root 1 -8 0 0K 2992K mdwait 0:00 0.05% md7
12 root 1 -40 -159 0K 2992K WAIT 0:55 0.00% swi2: net
890 root 1 97 0 27524K 7368K select 0:33 0.00% chassisd
766 root 1 97 0 4844K 2572K select 0:30 0.00% alarmd
790 root 1 96 0 3320K 944K select 0:25 0.00% license-check
907 root 1 96 0 12080K 8548K select 0:24 0.00% snmpd
788 root 1 4 0 6756K 3504K kqread 0:21 0.00% vccpd
895 root 1 4 0 32668K 9732K kqread 0:15 0.00% rpd
903 root 1 4 0 12892K 8772K kqread 0:12 0.00% eswd
908 root 1 96 0 21640K 5864K select 0:11 0.00% dcd
4 root 1 -8 0 0K 2992K - 0:09 0.00% g_down
3 root 1 -8 0 0K 2992K - 0:08 0.00% g_up
45 root 1 12 0 0K 2992K - 0:07 0.00% schedcpu
15 root 1 -16 0 0K 2992K - 0:07 0.00% yarrow
2 root 1 -8 0 0K 2992K - 0:06 0.00% g_event
905 root 1 4 0 5084K 3160K kqread 0:06 0.00% mcsnoopd
906 root 1 96 0 12164K 7564K select 0:06 0.00% mib2d
38 root 1 -16 0 0K 2992K psleep 0:06 0.00% vmkmemdaemon
46 root 1 -8 0 0K 2992K mdwait 0:06 0.00% md0
913 root 1 96 0 9836K 4392K select 0:05 0.00% pfed
33 root 1 20 0 0K 2992K syncer 0:05 0.00% syncer
904 root 1 4 0 4828K 2776K kqread 0:04 0.00% sflowd
32 root 1 20 0 0K 2992K vnlrum 0:04 0.00% vnlru_mem
892 root 1 96 0 4528K 2692K select 0:04 0.00% lfmd
780 root 1 96 0 6988K 3596K select 0:04 0.00% bfdd
8 root 1 171 52 0K 2992K pgzero 0:04 0.00% pagezero
893 root 1 4 0 5616K 4380K kqread 0:04 0.00% cfmd
897 root 1 96 0 11440K 5024K select 0:03 0.00% cosd
785 root 1 96 0 8184K 3676K select 0:03 0.00% lacpd
896 root 1 96 0 7040K 3780K select 0:03 0.00% rmopd
775 root 1 96 0 5320K 3324K select 0:03 0.00% ppmd
767 root 1 96 0 5836K 2336K select 0:02 0.00% craftd
21 root 1 -64 -183 0K 2992K WAIT 0:02 0.00% intr19: ehci0
768 root 1 96 0 32764K 20300K select 0:02 0.00% mgd
96 root 1 -8 0 0K 2992K mdwait 0:02 0.00% md2
1 root 1 8 0 1252K 648K wait 0:02 0.00% init
34 root 1 -16 0 0K 2992K sdflus 0:02 0.00% softdepflush
26 root 1 -68 -187 0K 2992K WAIT 0:01 0.00% gpio49: mpfe0
909 root 1 96 0 9004K 4916K select 0:01 0.00% dfwd
7080 adminbrt 1 6 0 16972K 9928K ttywri 0:01 0.00% cli
900 root 1 96 0 4956K 3088K select 0:01 0.00% dhcpd
701 root 1 8 0 1680K 1064K nanslp 0:01 0.00% cron
19 root 1 -28 -147 0K 2992K WAIT 0:01 0.00% swi5: cambio
916 root 1 4 0 0K 2992K peer_s 0:01 0.00% peer proxy
31 root 1 -4 0 0K 2992K vlruwt 0:01 0.00% vnlru
9 root 1 -16 0 0K 2992K psleep 0:01 0.00% bufdaemon
27 root 1 -68 -187 0K 2992K WAIT 0:01 0.00% gpio14: mpfe1
36 root 1 -16 0 0K 2992K psleep 0:00 0.00% vmuncachedaemon
253 root 1 -8 0 0K 2992K mdwait 0:00 0.00% md9
894 root 1 4 0 0K 2992K peer_s 0:00 0.00% peer proxy
6 root 1 8 0 0K 2992K - 0:00 0.00% kqueue taskq
901 root 1 96 0 6468K 2760K select 0:00 0.00% rdd
762 root 1 96 0 1520K 680K select 0:00 0.00% watchdog
7 root 1 -16 0 0K 2992K psleep 0:00 0.00% pagedaemon
898 root 1 4 0 0K 2992K peer_s 0:00 0.00% peer proxy
7086 root 1 96 0 32824K 4496K select 0:00 0.00% mgd
791 root 1 8 0 2096K 1420K wait 0:00 0.00% login
902 root 1 102 0 5796K 2824K select 0:00 0.00% sendd
771 root 1 99 0 2948K 1352K select 0:00 0.00% inetd
763 root 1 114 0 1700K 1064K select 0:00 0.00% tnetd
7119 root 1 130 0 22484K 1512K RUN 0:00 0.00% top
7096 root 1 8 0 2076K 1248K wait 0:00 0.00% sh
228 root 1 -8 0 0K 2992K mdwait 0:00 0.00% md8
20 root 1 -48 -167 0K 2992K WAIT 0:00 0.00% swi0: uart
772 root 1 4 0 1524K 764K sbwait 0:00 0.00% tnp.sntpd
7092 root 1 4 0 5692K 1428K connec 0:00 0.00% sdxd
22 root 1 8 0 0K 2992K usbevt 0:00 0.00% usb0
37 root 1 4 0 0K 2992K sbwait 0:00 0.00% devrt_kernel_thread
0 root 1 12 0 0K 2992K WAIT 0:00 0.00% swapper
39 root 1 4 0 0K 2992K pfeacc 0:00 0.00% if_pic_listen0
40 root 1 4 0 0K 2992K pfeacc 0:00 0.00% if_pfe_listen
5 root 1 8 0 0K 2992K - 0:00 0.00% thread taskq
41 root 1 8 0 0K 2992K - 0:00 0.00% nfsiod 0
35 root 1 105 0 0K 2992K sleep 0:00 0.00% netdaemon
42 root 1 8 0 0K 2992K - 0:00 0.00% nfsiod 1
43 root 1 8 0 0K 2992K - 0:00 0.00% nfsiod 2
44 root 1 8 0 0K 2992K - 0:00 0.00% nfsiod 3
23 root 1 8 0 0K 2992K usbtsk 0:00 0.00% usbtask
10 root 1 -16 0 0K 2992K ktrace 0:00 0.00% ktrace
16 root 1 -12 -131 0K 2992K WAIT 0:00 0.00% swi9: task queue
17 root 1 -12 -131 0K 2992K WAIT 0:00 0.00% swi9: +
18 root 1 -16 -135 0K 2992K WAIT 0:00 0.00% swi8: +
14 root 1 -24 -143 0K 2992K WAIT 0:00 0.00% swi6: vm
29 root 1 -32 -151 0K 2992K WAIT 0:00 0.00% swi4: ip6mismatch+
28 root 1 -36 -155 0K 2992K WAIT 0:00 0.00% swi3: ip6opt ipopt
30 root 1 -44 -163 0K 2992K WAIT 0:00 0.00% swi1: ipfwd
25 root 1 -68 -187 0K 2992K WAIT 0:00 0.00% intr13: mge0
24 root 1 -68 -187 0K 2992K WAIT 0:00 0.00% intr12: mge0
Your efforts is highly appreciated.