idebug error message - idebug.env: file already exists

[justanobody]

We are encountering the following error message when one of our user accounts runs the /usr/bin/idebug debugger:

sh: /home/jsmith/.DbgProf/idebug.env: file already exists
System runtime function system(set > /home/jsmith/.DbgProf/idebug.env) failed

This account was able to use the idebug debugger without any problem for a number of years. This account sees the same error message no matter which system it runs the debugger from (the user’s home directory resides on a shared drive and is available from any system).

We believe it is an “account” issue, not a system issue since other users can run the same debugger without fail on the same system.

We have tried the following:
we removed the file, but still encountered the same error message.
we opened the permissions to “777” on the file, but still encountered the same error message.
we have removed the user’s .DbgProf directory but we still see the same error message.
we have opened the permissions of the user's directory within /home to "777.

We are running AIX 5.2 ML3.

Any ideas?

 

[mrn]

Try removing the users account, and recreating it. Other than that I'd open a call with IBM.

Mike

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