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Grex > Helpers > #138: Grex System Problems - Winter 2004/2005 |  |
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mcnally
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response 521 of 870:
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Jan 24 18:49 UTC 2005 |
I have confirmed Sindi's problem with mail by doing my own test.
About an hour ago I sent a message to Grex from kpunet.net.
Checking the outgoing mail queue on the kpunet server I can see
that my mailer's connection to grex has been timed out and the
message is deferred:
DNS from the remote host:
> # nslookup
> > set type=mx
> > cyberspace.org
> Server: localhost
> Address: 127.0.0.1
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> cyberspace.org preference = 10, mail exchanger = grex.cyberspace.org
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> > set type=a
> > grex.cyberspace.org
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> Name: grex.cyberspace.org
> Address: 216.86.77.194
Attempt to connect to Grex's mail daemon:
> # telnet grex.cyberspace.org smtp
> Trying 216.86.77.194...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out
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gull
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response 522 of 870:
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Jan 24 19:26 UTC 2005 |
tcptraceroute to Grex on port 25 (the SMTP port) ends at
ypsi-sfld.provide.net (216.86.64.2)
tcptraceroute to Grex on port 80 shows that ypsi-sfld.provide.net is the
last hop before Grex. Looks like Grex's firewall is blocking port 25.
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albaugh
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response 523 of 870:
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Jan 24 19:39 UTC 2005 |
The following happened when telnetting and trying to connect as usual via
cyberspace.org The problem did not happen when immediately afterward I
connected via grex.org :
Connected to cyberspace.org
Grex central timekeeping. At the beep, the time is
2:25PM on Monday, 24 January 2005
New to grex? Type help at the login prompt
(ttyt6) grex login: albaugh
albaugh's Password:
This is NOT grex. Please use the domain name, not the IP address.
Dial-in Users: It will take a little bit longer to get the terminal
server properly configured. We apologise for the inconvenience.
- Grex Staff.
Connection closed by foreign host.
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albaugh
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response 524 of 870:
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Jan 24 20:23 UTC 2005 |
I just verified that the problem is repeatable - it wasn't a one-time glitch.
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albaugh
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response 525 of 870:
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Jan 24 20:24 UTC 2005 |
What the hell happened? I came back to bbs, and it says 91 new items!
What keeps destroying my agora participation file?!!!
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mcnally
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response 526 of 870:
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Jan 24 20:45 UTC 2005 |
re #525:
I haven't had any problems with my Agora participation file.
That proves nothing, of course, but it does suggest that people
who are having problems should probably at the very least add
the name of the program they're using to read Agora to help
staff debug.
I'm using "bbs" (whatever that's a front-end to these days) but
others may be using backtalk, fronttalk, or possibly other programs
to munge their conference participation files.
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jor
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response 527 of 870:
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Jan 24 20:56 UTC 2005 |
I'm using "bbs' and my .agora??.cf sems to have
gone away amd, more amazingly, come back. Twice.
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gull
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response 528 of 870:
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Jan 24 21:06 UTC 2005 |
Re resp:523: Looks like the name server you're using is still caching
Grex's old IP address. The problem may resolve itself given a day or so.
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albaugh
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response 529 of 870:
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Jan 24 21:19 UTC 2005 |
I always use bbs, from a shell session, unless backtalk (web) must be used
due to shell inavailability.
Under nextgrex, what happens to your (a) conference participation file if you
get idle logged out? In old grex, that was never a problem (you would have
to re-read the things before the logout happened, but you would lose your
entire participation record).
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twenex
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response 530 of 870:
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Jan 24 21:27 UTC 2005 |
I'm using bbs right now, but every time i try using the web interface, I get
the same problem as albaugh.
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scholar
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response 531 of 870:
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Jan 24 21:30 UTC 2005 |
http://www.thesameproblemasalbaughforjesus.org/
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keesan
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response 532 of 870:
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Jan 25 01:38 UTC 2005 |
Bbs, earlier today I also lost my agora.cf file and did a fixseen.
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gelinas
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response 533 of 870:
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Jan 25 18:51 UTC 2005 |
I think I fixed the terminal server to connect to the new machine last night,
so dial-in should be working again.
I also think I fixed the web proxy to accept requests from the new machine.
No, you aren't seeing double. I repeated the report here hoping to keep any
counter-examples to this, the "Systems Problems" item, and out of the
"Systems Announcements" item.
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mcnally
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response 534 of 870:
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Jan 25 19:08 UTC 2005 |
After a several-day-long mail drought I've received several messages
(Spam, of course..) Was it the reboot or was something else changed
network-wise?
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gelinas
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response 535 of 870:
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Jan 25 19:12 UTC 2005 |
I don't know; I had to start mail by hand after the reboot because it's not
starting automatically.
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albaugh
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response 536 of 870:
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Jan 25 21:18 UTC 2005 |
a) cyberspace.org still doesn't come here - only grex.org
b) insult to injury - my grex mailbox got filled up, but every time I try to
run mail to delete stuff, grex tells me /tmp quota exceeded, so I'm hosed.
I sent an e-mail to staff for ideas. Anyone else have any?
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scholar
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response 537 of 870:
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Jan 25 21:49 UTC 2005 |
paladin: no i'll be put in jail for beating someone to death with a keyboard
---- romantic joining from channel rightnow (Jan 25 16:47)
hayz3141: what! paladin is a violent man!
scholar: stop carrying on with a married man, pete!
scholar: what!
karenz: that would be a good bludgeoning instrument
scholar: why are you so violent, paldin?!
hayz3141: help! help
scholar: that won't help you get out of jail, you know!
scholar: karen!
hayz3141: paladin is a violent pyscho with a keyboard! help!
scholar: stop dishonouring your husband by cuckholding him!
scholar: help!
scholar: i'm going to post that in the system problems item, hayz!
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mcnally
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response 538 of 870:
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Jan 25 22:31 UTC 2005 |
re #536: depending on how much space you need, and whether you can
find another world-writable temporary directory, possibly you could
bypass the /tmp quota problem by setting the TMPDIR environment
variable to something else. I haven't checked how the filesystem
is laid out on Grex to see whether this would work..
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cross
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response 539 of 870:
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Jan 25 22:42 UTC 2005 |
This response has been erased.
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mcnally
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response 540 of 870:
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Jan 25 22:51 UTC 2005 |
I suppose I could have gathered that from the startup message,
but thanks..
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gelinas
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response 541 of 870:
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Jan 26 03:06 UTC 2005 |
Re 536: Can you tell which name server(s) you are using? All that I can check
have the right address for cyberspace.org.
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gelinas
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response 542 of 870:
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Jan 26 03:10 UTC 2005 |
It looks like the changes to the terminal server didn't 'take.' I'll
power-cycle it the next time I'm in the Pumpkin, which will probably be
tomorrow morning.
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keesan
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response 543 of 870:
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Jan 26 03:13 UTC 2005 |
I can now forward mail without having to make it into an attachment - thanks
to whoever fixed this. I exceeded my /tmp quota one time by trying to save
a large file to it. If you tried to use /tmp recently how can you figure out
which files in there you still own so as to delete them? I. e., list all
files that you own in /tmp. Surely there is some command for this. How
often is /tmp automatically emptied?
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keesan
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response 544 of 870:
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Jan 26 03:26 UTC 2005 |
w3m www.google.com -- opening socket...............
lynx google - tries to access the IP number and nothing happens
links - g - www.google.com - works instantly
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gelinas
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response 545 of 870:
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Jan 26 03:32 UTC 2005 |
The command you want, Sindi, is
find /tmp -user keesan -ls
It looks like I'll also have to kill and restart the web proxy.
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