topic Re: Getting syntax error from interfaces.sh for *nix app in Deployment Architecture

Getting syntax error from interfaces.sh for *nix app

cyndiback — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:03:44 GMT

Ubuntu 10.10 / Splunk 4.2.1 / App: *nix 4.2

Yesterday we upgraded to the newest version of Splunk (4.2.1) and upgraded *nix app (4.2). Splunkd is now reporting the following errors:

message from "/opt/splunk/etc/apps/unix/bin/interfaces.sh" awk: line 1: syntax error at or near }
message from "/opt/splunk/etc/apps/unix/bin/interfaces.sh" awk: line 1: syntax error at or near else
message from "/opt/splunk/etc/apps/unix/bin/interfaces.sh" awk: line 1: syntax error at or near ,

I'm unable to identify what the syntax problem is. I've compared the interfaces.sh file on our server to what is posted on the web and they are the same. Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

Re: Getting syntax error from interfaces.sh for *nix app

hazekamp — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:44:06 GMT

cyndiback, I don't have a specific fix at this time, but this is a known issue logged as (SOLN-1032). Please submit your own case to support@splunk.com for tracking.

Moderator edit:

UPDATE: this issue later became SPL-41361, and should be fixed in the next maintenance release of the app. In the meantime, the glorious Vainstein has provided a patch for ifconfig.sh (sorry about the lines wrapping):

# diff interfaces.sh interfaces-mod.sh 
41,42c41,42
<       SPEED=`dmesg | awk '/[Ll]ink( is | )[Uu]p/ && /'$iface'/ {for (i=1; i<=NF; ++i) {if (match($i, /([0-9]+)([Mm]bps)/, array)) {print array[1] "Mb/s"} else { if (match($i,/[Mm]bps/)) {print $(i-1) "Mb/s"} } } }' | sed '$!d'`
<       DUPLEX=`dmesg | awk '/[Ll]ink( is | )[Uu]p/ && /'$iface'/ {for (i=1; i<=NF; ++i) {if (match($i, /([\-\_a-zA-Z0-9]+)([Dd]uplex)/, array)) {print array[1]} else { if (match($i, /[Dd]uplex/)) {print $(i-1)} } } }' | sed 's/[-_]//g; $!d'`
---
>       SPEED=`dmesg  | awk '/[Ll]ink( is | )[Uu]p/ && /'$iface'/ {for (i=1; i<=NF; ++i) {if (match($i, "([0-9]+)([Mm]bps)"))             {print $i} else { if (match($i, "[Mm]bps"))   {print $(i-1) "Mb/s"} } } }' | sed '$!d'`
>       DUPLEX=`dmesg | awk '/[Ll]ink( is | )[Uu]p/ && /'$iface'/ {for (i=1; i<=NF; ++i) {if (match($i, "([\-\_a-zA-Z0-9]+)([Dd]uplex)")) {print $i} else { if (match($i, "[Dd]uplex")) {print $(i-1)       } } } }' | sed 's/[-_]//g; $!d'`

Re: Getting syntax error from interfaces.sh for *nix app

vadud3 — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:18:41 GMT

I am seeing the same error as well

Re: Getting syntax error from interfaces.sh for *nix app

poconnell — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:31:47 GMT

+1 having this issue on a new install, further information would be greatly appreciated...

Re: Getting syntax error from interfaces.sh for *nix app

mikelanghorst — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:01:33 GMT

This is working fine on my linux host, and on Solaris for me. 4.2.1 as well.

Re: Getting syntax error from interfaces.sh for *nix app

dseagrav — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:46:15 GMT

This is caused by mawk. Debian installs mawk instead of gawk by default. Install gawk instead and the error will go away.

Re: Getting syntax error from interfaces.sh for *nix app

cyndiback — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:53:05 GMT

Tried resetting to gawk and rebooted machine...This did not fix the error.

Re: Getting syntax error from interfaces.sh for *nix app

menkurau — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:40:30 GMT

we are still having this issue even after upgrading the *nix app to the latest version. anyone?

Re: Getting syntax error from interfaces.sh for *nix app

cafpereira — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:50:35 GMT

I'm also experiencing this same issue my Ubuntu server

Re: Getting syntax error from interfaces.sh for *nix app

dchayla — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:29:18 GMT

On debian :
- install gawk
- modify interfaces.sh :
-replace awk by gawk
- modify the line : CMD='ifconfig'. by removing the dot at the end of this line

it works for me after that