[dm-devel] error calling out /sbin/scsi_id

[Konrad Rzeszutek]

On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 10:53:17AM +0200, mylists at montblanc.homeip.net wrote:
> About my previous question, could I just write something like :
> 
> getuid_callout "/sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/%n  > /dev/null"
> 
> in multipath.conf ?

No :-)

If you did that the data the scsi_id produced for you disk (like the
WWN) would not be sent to the standard input and multipat wouldn't
be able to read it.

> 
> Cheers,
> Josep SERRANO.
> 
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Why do I get the following error message:
> > error calling out /sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/sda
> >
> > after I run multipath for a second time.

What happens if you run it that program just by itself? Any errors?