For example, if the current setting of $LANG is EN_US, the help database files must be the following:
/usr/lpp/info/EN_US/aix/aix.key /usr/lpp/info/EN_US/aix/aix.rom /usr/lpp/info/EN_US/sys.sys
If you wish to specify an alternate smit.log file rather than correct directory or permission problems, use the -l flag. You must have write permission for the alternate log file specified.
The following produces a smit.log file in the specified location (logging takes place in this file during the session):
smit -l/tmp/smit.logYou should research the possibility that your default (home) directory has been deleted (using the cd and ls commands) or that your file system has been damaged (using the fsck command).