Server 'Worries'

[John Philip]

Hi there,
Got an Xserve with a bit of 'stomach ache' - users seem to be unable to log on priodically - and according to the users, periodically rights seem to differ on files and folders.
Login problem typically - user disconnects - and has to try and connect several times with same user ID/Password before being accepted.
Rights problem: User creates folder = OK everybody can access it (as they sholuld according to server prefs). Five minutes later, same user creates another folder - and then nobody can access it. Looking at rights it has Admin as user and group as unknown !!
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Been looking at the logs, heres a transscript:
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Console Log:
Log as of 2003-03-17 10:01:07 +0100:
Mac OS X Version 10.2.4 (Build 6I35)
DOCK: CFMessagePortSendRequest returned -4
Mar 17 09:46:23 Macintosh /Applications/Utilities/Workgroup
Manager.app/Contents/MacOS/Workgroup Manager: objc: Both
/Applications/Utilities/Workgroup Manager.app/Contents/MacOS/Workgroup
Manager and /Applications/Utilities/Workgroup
Manager.app/Contents/PlugIns/GroupGeneral.PMMUG/Contents/MacOS/GroupGeneral
have implementations of class SpinningArrows.

Mar 17 09:46:23 Macintosh /Applications/Utilities/Workgroup
Manager.app/Contents/MacOS/Workgroup Manager: objc: Using implementation
from /Applications/Utilities/Workgroup
Manager.app/Contents/PlugIns/GroupGeneral.PMMUG/Contents/MacOS/GroupGeneral.

Mar 17 09:51:53 Macintosh WindowServer[218]:
CGXRemoveTrackingArea : Invalid tracking area

Mar 17 09:51:53 Macintosh WindowServer[218]:
CGXRemoveTrackingArea : Invalid tracking area

Mar 17 09:54:13 Macintosh last message repeated 2 times

Mar 17 09:56:21 Macintosh PasswordService: client response
doesn't match what we generated

Mar 17 09:56:21 Macintosh PasswordService: DIGEST-MD5 reauth
failed

Mar 17 09:56:21 Macintosh PasswordService: client response
doesn't match what we generated

Mar 17 09:56:22 Macintosh last message repeated 5 times

Mar 17 09:56:31 Macintosh WindowServer[218]:
CGXRemoveTrackingArea : Invalid tracking area

Mar 17 09:56:31 Macintosh WindowServer[218]:
CGXRemoveTrackingArea : Invalid tracking area

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Finder.crash.log:
2003-02-05 13:53:03 +0100:
Date/Time: 2003-02-05 13:53:03 +0100
OS Version: 10.2.3 (Build 6G30)
Host: Macintosh

Command: Finder
PID: 502

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x02bebec8
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2003-01-21 04:28:22 +0100:
Date/Time: 2003-01-21 04:28:22 +0100
OS Version: 10.2.3 (Build 6G30)
Host: Macintosh

Command: Finder
PID: 817

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00437000
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loginwindow.crash.log:
2003-03-08 03:37:02 +0100:
Date/Time: 2003-03-08 03:37:02 +0100
OS Version: 10.2.3 (Build 6G30)
Host: Macintosh

Command: loginwindow
PID: 406

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x02db0ec8
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2003-02-05 13:53:05 +0100:
Date/Time: 2003-02-05 13:53:05 +0100
OS Version: 10.2.3 (Build 6G30)
Host: Macintosh

Command: loginwindow
PID: 417

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x2b4490fc

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StuffIt Expander.crash.log:
2003-03-17 08:19:30 +0100:
Date/Time: 2003-03-17 08:19:30 +0100
OS Version: 10.2.4 (Build 6I35)
Host: Macintosh

Command: StuffIt Expander
PID: 19981

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000020
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Workgroup Manager.crash.log:
2003-03-11 12:52:44 +0100:
Date/Time: 2003-03-11 12:52:44 +0100
OS Version: 10.2.4 (Build 6I35)
Host: Macintosh

Command: Workgroup Manager
PID: 549

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xeaf5ab31
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2003-01-23 13:31:36 +0100:
Date/Time: 2003-01-23 13:31:36 +0100
OS Version: 10.2.3 (Build 6G30)
Host: Macintosh

Command: Workgroup Manager
PID: 13225

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x21d62088
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And the Server Settings Agent Error Log:
N9CEndpoint21NetworkReadWriteErrorE - network i/o failed on socket (errno 54)
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Anybody has any good ideas out there?

Ups almost forgot. Running OSX 10.2.3 Build 6630
(and he's using FTP services on the Xserve - but nothing else. The installation is rather small = 10 users)

)C:<
John Philip

 

[John Philip]

Aha - the tech supp. that installed the server in the first place - installed the whole FTP-part (remote user folder etc.) in the 'Library' folder (!!!)
This is probably the reson for the whole server - and in particular the 'User rights' were somewhat 'shaky' and behaved erratically.
The Workgroup Manager itself had a tendecy to give an error message when shut down after a (long) period of having been open (but not active).
Error message read typically:
Unexpected error
Error of type -14081 on line 1078 of PMMUGSearchController.mm

After having relocated the FTP part and reconfigured the 'User rights', 'Share points' etc. The system seesm to work ok - and has been doing so for 20 hrs. by now.

Get back with more news later

John Philip