This begs, of course, the question of what makes the difference in the environment that would cause such a drastic difference. It'll be very interesting to see what Arvinn has to report.
--Tobias On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Thomas Neubauer wrote: >> Message: 7 >> Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:59:07 +0100 >> From: Arvinn L?kkebakken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [policyd-users] not daemonizing correctly? >> To: policyd-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> Tobias J. Kreidl wrote: >>> Hello, Arvinn: >>> No, I've never seen this, but this likely has nothing to do with >>> policyd itself. A few quetsions: > > ...the effect you encounter might derieve from errors in your source code. > I have already seen such behaviour when implementing an authentication > mechanism. > You can get this effect when you do not fork off your processes correctly. > When compiling this, you get a program that must return somtime. > Because it doesn't, your system waits for the program to terminate. > So your ssh-terminal waits also. > See the "Linux Daemon Writing HOWTO from Devin Watson" for code details. > >>> 1) Do you experience this with any other programs? >> Nope. Not that I've tested that many. On the other hand I have tested it >> on 8 different systems. Same behavior. > > If you do work with a virtual hosts somewhere out there, > you might have configuration problems in the vmware of your provider. > Perhaps you aren't allowed forking off processes or encounter > similar administrative restrictions ? > If you didn't change the source code, you should check your environments > rights > or capabilities to handle your processes. > Perhaps you tell us something about your machines ? > >>> 2) I'm assuming you are launching policyd as "root"? >> As of now yes. I've planned to change it to an unprivileged user before >> production setting though. >>> 3) What shell are you using? (Also, make sure all the limit/ulimit >>> settings have typical root priviledges after you log in or "su" >>> to "root".) >> Running bash as root. Running policyd -c policyd.conf (or >> /etc/init.d/policyd start or restart) then exit -> ssh lives forever. >>> 4) Does turning up the DEBUG level show anything revealing in the logs? >> Nope :(. >>> >>> 5) Are you using the init script thatcomes with policy d (under >>> contributed software, I believe): >>> >> [snip] >>> >>> I ask, because otherwise, you might have a stray lock file somewhere >>> that's preventing policyd from running properly. >>> >> >> Yes I use this init script. But whether I use it or not has no effect on >> the behavior I described. Same thing happens when I try to leave the ssh >> login shell. When I run the init script all looks good like every other >> init scripts. And policyd works like a charm, or in other words; it does >> exactly what it is supposed to do.. I've ran it with greylisting in >> training mode on several nodes for some days and I have cumulated more >> than 300k's of rows in the triplet table. Nothing suspicious at all; >> Except the way it insists to keep my terminal. >> >> >> Arvinn > > Did you compile the code yourself using a clean environment ? > Perhaps you did have a compilation problem and have a malfunctional > bunch of mnemonics now. > > > Thomas > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper > from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going > mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. > http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 > _______________________________________________ > policyd-users mailing list > policyd-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/policyd-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ policyd-users mailing list policyd-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/policyd-users
