Software Distributor Administration Guide HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 (5900-2488, September 2012)

# Initializing...
ERROR: Could not contact host "a". Make sure the hostname is correct
and an absolute pathname is specified (beginning with "/").
Resolution
Type stty to see if the [ or ] character is mapped to any other function on your system. If it is
mapped to any other function, then remove or change the mapping, or use \[ and \].
B.2 Common Problems 269