[BlueOnyx:26526] Installing Dell OMSA on a BlueOnyx Server

2023-10-05 Thread Richard Morgan via Blueonyx
Hello Is it safe to add the Dell OMSA repository to a BlueOnyx server to add the hardware monitoring tools? I've installed it on a test box and it seems OK, but that's far from conclusive. Does anyone have this running with/without any problems? # cat /etc/build build 20210202 for a 52

[BlueOnyx:25419] Name server log file accumulation

2022-05-13 Thread Richard Morgan
Hi About every two months I need to empty /var/named/chroot/var/log because the 4GB /var partition is full. It seems to be logging name server lookup requests and quite a rate. I have Data Retention set at 14 days but these logs neither rotate or get removed. Is there a simple fix I'm m

[BlueOnyx:25294] Disable the /icons directory server wide

2022-01-11 Thread Richard Morgan
Hello There appears to be a directory /icons available from all sites. For example: https://www.blueonyx.it/icons/ A security review of our applications showed it as a medium risk. I was wondering, what is the correct way to remove this? I've added an empty index.html to /usr/share/httpd/

[BlueOnyx:24360] Re: FW: Changing hostname produces PHP errors

2020-10-02 Thread Richard Morgan
network ports. From: Blueonyx [mailto:blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Richard Morgan Sent: 02 October 2020 14:16 To: blueo...@blueonyx.it Subject: [BlueOnyx:24359] FW: Changing hostname produces PHP errors Is there a workaround to not being about to change the hostname from

[BlueOnyx:24359] FW: Changing hostname produces PHP errors

2020-10-02 Thread Richard Morgan
Is there a workaround to not being about to change the hostname from the GUI on 5109R? From: Richard Morgan [mailto:rich...@morgan-web.co.uk] Sent: 30 September 2020 11:47 To: 'blueo...@blueonyx.it' Subject: Changing hostname produces PHP errors Hi Whilst trying to

[BlueOnyx:24352] Changing hostname produces PHP errors

2020-09-30 Thread Richard Morgan
Hi Whilst trying to change the hostname on two servers I hit a series of PHP errors on the TCP/IP form. These are listed below. Is there a work-around to these errors? Using the 'hostname' doesn't do it. Server Dell R410 running 5209R, /etc/build is "build 20200310 for a 5209R in en_US"

[BlueOnyx:24076] Re: Perl/CPAN install location

2020-07-09 Thread Richard Morgan
lling modules as admin (well now I know). Thanks. From: Blueonyx [mailto:blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Richard Morgan Sent: 09 July 2020 12:23 To: blueo...@blueonyx.it Subject: [BlueOnyx:24075] Perl/CPAN install location Hi, hope this is easy. On my newly install 5210R s

[BlueOnyx:24075] Perl/CPAN install location

2020-07-09 Thread Richard Morgan
Hi, hope this is easy. On my newly install 5210R server, I'm installing Perl modules - normally it's fine and they are installed into /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl, etc. Using both cpan -i and perl -MCPAN -e shell (which I think is nearly the same thing) they are both being installed to /hom

[BlueOnyx:24040] BlueOnyx 5210R on older hardware

2020-06-25 Thread Richard Morgan
Hello Is there any issue with BX running on older hardware? We've got a Dell R200, quad core, 8Gb RAM but I'm unable to get it installed. The first issue is that it isn't recognising the DVD. Second issue is when booting from a USB flash drive I get a message about Insufficient Kickstart -

[BlueOnyx:23284] DNS and DKIM records

2019-10-09 Thread Richard Morgan
Hi, a bit stuck getting the TXT records working for DKIM keys. Is there a solution to getting past the 255 character limit for TXT files? What should I add the the names .include file, or how should I separate the string? I am running 5208R on Scientific Linux 6.10. Do the newer versions of BX

[BlueOnyx:22917] Small bug in DNS -> Edit CNAME

2019-05-22 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
I spotted a small bug while editing a CNAME in the primary DNS section. When adding a CNAME record I could enter www.firstexample.com -> www.secondexample.com (four fields) and it'll create the BIND records correct and all work OK. When editing the CNAME it will display www.firstexample.com

[BlueOnyx:22548] Whitelisting IPs in DFix

2018-12-14 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Hi We use a monitoring service to check the server is accessible from outside our network (NodePing). Sometimes their IPs are blocked in iptables but a rule called 'dfixblock'. I've tried adding whitelist rules but the dfixblock group gets re-inserted near the start. Does dfix have an IP w

[BlueOnyx:22057] Sendmail and premature EOM

2018-05-15 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Hi, I'm getting a problem with my 5208R which is configured to only handle secondary DNS and act as an outbound email relay. Most email relayed is fine, but nearly all messages from a particular site/client consistently fail. The log files are: May 15 09:05:09 vps1 sendmail[32057]: w4F9567n032057

[BlueOnyx:21844] FW: Let's Encrypt Error - path could not be determined

2018-03-13 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Please ignore, it was a python-tools conflict that has been seen before. Thanks. Fixed with: rpm -e python27-tools-2.7.10-1.el6.x86_64 From: Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web [mailto:rich...@morgan-web.co.uk] Sent: 13 March 2018 17:07 To: 'BlueOnyx General Mailing List' Subject: Let

[BlueOnyx:21842] Let's Encrypt Error - path could not be determined

2018-03-13 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
I have created a completely new site, nothing has been uploaded and I try and create a new Let's Encrypt Cert and get the following error: - The following error occurred during the SSL certificate request: The installation path for the certificates could not be determined. I've che

[BlueOnyx:21818] Re: 5207R/5208R/5209R: Apache/SSL related updates - URGENT

2018-03-07 Thread Richard Morgan
Hi, there should be a few BX support messages that explain the problem from Friday/Saturday and Sunday. I had the same problem and drew the same conclusion as you, then added mod_perl and mod_ssl. It turns out the Include commands were missing from the end of httpd.conf. I have something like: I

[BlueOnyx:21804] Re: Strange SSL Error

2018-03-03 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Thank you Michael for another detailed explanation. I tried disabling SSL and re-enabling it but it didn't seem to work; I didn't touch the LE stuff as we're not using those certs. I realised later that I could have relied on the line that includes the *.conf files for mod_perl and mod_ssl, but m

[BlueOnyx:21791] Re: Strange SSL Error

2018-03-02 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
pd running again be taken into consideration or more downtime may occur. -Original Message- From: Blueonyx [mailto:blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web Sent: 02 March 2018 10:12 To: 'BlueOnyx General Mailing List' Subject: [BlueOnyx:21789] R

[BlueOnyx:21792] Re: Apache broken after yum update

2018-03-02 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Hi Colin Same here but I've had a few hours to dig into this and have found a fix (sent in my other message). I don't know if it's a good fix, but it seems to get Apache running again. Richard -Original Message- From: Blueonyx [mailto:blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Coli

[BlueOnyx:21789] Re: Strange SSL Error

2018-03-02 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Hi This morning I've been greeted with httpd failing. When I try and start httpd I get the following message: # service httpd start Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 998 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Invalid command 'PerlConfigRequire', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included i

[BlueOnyx:21783] Re: Memcached security issue

2018-02-26 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Thank you Michael for a detailed answer. While I could stop and remove memcached, I'd appreciate you taking a look in case something else has caused the issue. Login details from GUI to follow. When I run the netstat command I get a different response which I think implies it's listening on the p

[BlueOnyx:21778] Memcached security issue

2018-02-26 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Hi, hope this issue can be resolved because it was brought to our attention by the data centre via an abuse email. The message below the line indicates Memcached on our server 87.246.nnn.nnn was used to attack other servers via UDP port 11211. I've looked at how to secure Memcached and for now

[BlueOnyx:21288] Re: FW: Re: how to add the correct DKIM with an external mailserver

2017-08-24 Thread Richard Morgan
I've not done anything with DKIM but I often add DNS records via the .include file. Via SSH, go su, then navigate to /var/named/chroot/var/named (I hope this hasn't changed on the latest BX). You will see each db.domainname.com file has a corresponding db.domainname.com.include file. You ca

[BlueOnyx:21055] Re: Node.js-Support for BlueOnyx?

2017-05-23 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Thank you for the brave inclusion of the request for thoughts on 'any other feature'. It would be nice to see an extended DNS management section that allows for wildcards, SRV records and the other features I currently have to add as a .include file. I understand the DNS can be managed automatical

[BlueOnyx:20830] Change server IP address

2017-03-24 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
We have to change the IP address of our server from the public IP to a private IP behind a firewall. I plan to use the console to run network_settings.sh unless someone suggests a better way. Having done this a while ago, I remember there is a bulk site IP change script but I cannot find it

[BlueOnyx:20377] Re: I would love to see this in BO

2016-12-20 Thread Richard Morgan
What's wrong with Munin? There used to be a package but it which isn't maintained, so I do a manual install. Is this new application resource hungry? Some of us still run older hardware. -Original Message- From: Blueonyx [mailto:blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Thomas Peter

[BlueOnyx:20068] Re: let's encrypt aventurin 6108R *Fixed*

2016-09-02 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Oops, I mean it's a 5208R... apologies. --- Is there a fix for a 5108R which was upgraded from a 5106R via yum, as I'm seeing a very similar error: Protected multilib versions: openssl-1.0.1e-48.el6_8.1.i686 != openssl-1.0.1e-48.sl6_8.1.x86_64 I've searched list but can't see a specific fix. I'v

[BlueOnyx:20067] Re: let's encrypt aventurin 6108R *Fixed*

2016-09-02 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Is there a fix for a 5108R which was upgraded from a 5106R via yum, as I'm seeing a very similar error: Protected multilib versions: openssl-1.0.1e-48.el6_8.1.i686 != openssl-1.0.1e-48.sl6_8.1.x86_64 I've searched list but can't see a specific fix. I've taken note the response below is only for a

[BlueOnyx:19829] Re: httpd.admsrv dead but subsys locked

2016-07-12 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Brilliant, thank you Michael. Your 'best way to fix it' was the best way to fix it. Always appreciated, Richard -Original Message- From: Blueonyx [mailto:blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Michael Stauber Sent: 12 July 2016 20:21 To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List Subject: [Bl

[BlueOnyx:19826] Re: httpd.admsrv dead but subsys locked

2016-07-12 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Does anyone have any ideas where I can find the config for admserv which is reporting as failed please? I'm going to do a reboot, but I'm not confident that will fix it as it does say 'Configuration Failed'. Thanks We have a server with admserv failing. I run 'service admserv

[BlueOnyx:19824] httpd.admsrv dead but subsys locked

2016-07-11 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
We have a server with admserv failing. I run 'service admserv status' and get 'httpd.admsrv dead but subsys locked' I've checked the things I know: the port is not in use, manually removed the lock file, restart CCE, checked the logs and a few things more. When I look at /var/log/admser

[BlueOnyx:19687] Re: Updated CMU published

2016-06-10 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Thank you for this Michael. Just one thing to report is that pigz is causing one of our servers to almost grind to a halt. This older, lowish spec (Dell R200, 4Gb) server mostly serves image files so there is a lot of data which doesn't compress that well. This was previously fine but yesterday a

[BlueOnyx:18982] Re: 5208R - Curious behavior of cced

2016-01-13 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
> there is an side effect. > If a lot of cced processes are running the customer also gets an error and not the login page: > A PHP Error was encountered > Severity: Notice > Message: Undefined index: isLicenseAccepted > Filename: controllers/login.php > Line Number: 353 > A PHP Error was encount

[BlueOnyx:18879] Re: PHP Stopped Working

2015-12-23 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Probably not coincidence yesterday I had to go through a server and re-enable suPHP for each of the sites. The initial symptom was the previously mentioned PHP code being displayed in the browser. The sites were owned by a reseller account and the permissions of the reseller had all been removed.

[BlueOnyx:18472] Re: Dovecot fatal error: Couldn't parse private ssl_key

2015-10-06 Thread Richard Morgan
Hartung Sent: 05 October 2015 12:03 To: blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it Subject: [BlueOnyx:18471] Re: Dovecot fatal error: Couldn't parse private ssl_key On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 09:56:48 +0100 Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web wrote: Hi Richard, > Started getting this error and POP3 logins are failing:

[BlueOnyx:18470] Dovecot fatal error: Couldn't parse private ssl_key

2015-10-05 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Started getting this error and POP3 logins are failing: dovecot: pop3-login: Fatal: Couldn't parse private ssl_key: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line: Expecting: ANY PRIVATE KEY I've looked at /etc/pki/dovecot directories and compared them with other servers which all l

[BlueOnyx:18300] Script php_settings_convert.pl script doesn't appear to work

2015-09-01 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
I've set the new defaults I want via the BX GUI at Server Management -> Security -> PHP Settings. I then run: /usr/Sausalito/sbin/php_settings_convert.pl I expected (hoped) this would change the PHP settings for all of the vsites to the same as those set in the defaults, but it doesn't chan

[BlueOnyx:18256] Re: Error in BX User Interface: System::getConfig()

2015-08-27 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Thanks Michael, appreciate your response. The library and the file you mention are both present, don't look corrupt. However 'yum reinstall base-alpine-ui" presents the error: Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: BlueOnyx-520XR. Please verify its path and try ag

[BlueOnyx:18254] Error in BX User Interface: System::getConfig()

2015-08-27 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Hi, I've experienced this before but ended up wiping the server. Now a different server is exhibiting the same issue and a wipe/rebuild isn't a simple option (also different hardware, BTW). The admin user interface, admserv, is rendered inoperable with the following error: Fatal error: Call

[BlueOnyx:18232] Re: BX VM on VMWare repeatedly crashing

2015-08-24 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
gards, > Dirk > > > blackpoint GmbH – Friedberger Straße 106 – 61118 Bad Vilbel > > > > > Von: blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it] Im Auftrag von Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web > Gesendet: Montag, 24. August 2015 09:

[BlueOnyx:18231] Re: BX VM on VMWare repeatedly crashing

2015-08-24 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Vilbel Von: blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it] Im Auftrag von Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web Gesendet: Montag, 24. August 2015 09:48 An: 'BlueOnyx General Mailing List' Betreff: [BlueOnyx:18227] BX VM on VMWare repeatedly crashing Hi. W

[BlueOnyx:18227] BX VM on VMWare repeatedly crashing

2015-08-24 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Hi. We've got a virtual server on VMWare ESXi which crashes about every two days. It has 2Gb of memory, plenty of processor time, etc. All it does is run about a dozen not-so-busy Wordpress sites. There is nothing obvious in the logs for web activity and nothing particularly notable in either

[BlueOnyx:17618] Re: Server unable to start named and shell gone iffy

2015-05-17 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Hi Chris Many thanks for the quick response. >On 5/17/2015 5:00 AM, Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web wrote: >> -bash-4.1# service named start >> >> Starting named: >> >> Error in named configuration: >> >> zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/IN: loading from ma

[BlueOnyx:17614] Server unable to start named and shell gone iffy

2015-05-17 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
We have a virtual server which was recently restarted by our provider while they upgraded their nodes. It's a 5208R (upgraded from 5108R, but probably not related) and provides secondary DNS, secondary mail services and some basic sites. The first symptom was the BX GUI was not working. I've s

[BlueOnyx:17557] FW: Specifying SPF records just once for all domains/DNS

2015-05-11 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
#x27;s DNS records. Thanks. From: blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web Sent: 07 May 2015 14:03 To: blueo...@blueonyx.it Subject: [BlueOnyx:17529] Specifying SPF records just once for all domains/DNS Hi, hopefu

[BlueOnyx:17529] Specifying SPF records just once for all domains/DNS

2015-05-07 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Hi, hopefully simple DNS/SPF question: Is it possible to set anything in BX DNS settings or via the shell to append a DNS record to all domains? My thought is that I'd like to be able to add a TXT record for SPF, just stating that the A and MX records can be used. It seems the same SPF con

[BlueOnyx:17201] Bug in Personal Profile / PhpMyAdmin

2015-03-05 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Hi I've found a bug which appears to be consistent and prevents access to phpMyAdmin. When logged in as a server administrator (not admin), go to Personal Profile >> Programs >> phpMyAdmin the following error is presented: A PHP Error was encountered Severity: Notice Message: Undefined variable:

[BlueOnyx:17153] Re: Modify apache for video

2015-02-27 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
You can add these to the .htaccess file in the site’s root. It’s easier, site-specific and not at risk of being overwritten. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_mime.html#addtype From: blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Roy U

[BlueOnyx:17074] Re: Error in Services -> Web caused DB to be deleted

2015-02-19 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
uired. Thanks Richard -Original Message- From: blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web Sent: 13 February 2015 16:07 To: 'BlueOnyx General Mailing List' Subject: [BlueOnyx:17047] Re: Error in Services ->

[BlueOnyx:17051] Re: suPHP

2015-02-13 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
> Hello, > I’ve enabled suPHP and its been loading for over 2 hours. How long should > this take? If we're talking about the setting in the GUI then just moments; 15 seconds max. Maybe there's an error elsewhere on the form so try pressing escape and check everything again. __

[BlueOnyx:17047] Re: Error in Services -> Web caused DB to be deleted

2015-02-13 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Thanks Michael, I've just confirmed it happens on a new install and an upgraded 5208R. It only happens if there is an error in edited Web Server Alias text, not an error when adding new. To illustrate, if the alias was 'example.com' and it is edited to 'exam' then click Save the problem manifests

[BlueOnyx:17044] Error in Services -> Web caused DB to be deleted

2015-02-13 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Well this gave be a stronger than average heartbeat for a few minutes... server: build 20140909 for a 5208R in en_US, fully YUM'd up. I went to an existing site which has a MySQL DB in use created by the BX UI. Web -> Services and made a change to the Web Server Alias. This included a mistake

[BlueOnyx:17025] Re: Web app installer for BX

2015-02-10 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
eonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web Sent: 06 February 2015 13:46 To: 'BlueOnyx General Mailing List' Subject: [BlueOnyx:16976] Re: Web app installer for BX Thanks Michael, just a few simple set up questions now we've bought the Wordpress installer (and I

[BlueOnyx:17007] Re: 5207R GUI: Fatal error: Call to undefined method (WAS: "no subject")

2015-02-08 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
@mail.blueonyx.it Subject: [BlueOnyx:17002] Re: 5207R GUI: Fatal error: Call to undefined method (WAS: "no subject") On 2/7/2015 3:27 AM, Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web wrote: > Quite a serious error our virtual server. Build is "build 20140909 for > a 5207R in en_US". >

[BlueOnyx:16996] (no subject)

2015-02-07 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Quite a serious error our virtual server. Build is “build 20140909 for a 5207R in en_US”. Accessing the BX GUI gives: Fatal error: Call to undefined method System::getConfig() in /usr/sausalito/ui/chorizo/ci/application/libraries/CCE.php on line 124 The services are still working but I’ve done a

[BlueOnyx:16976] Re: Web app installer for BX

2015-02-06 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Thanks Michael, just a few simple set up questions now we've bought the Wordpress installer (and I think the same questions will apply to other webapps we need). It all works well, but the database has an odd name and is not available in the user's phpMyAdmin. Is there any way to choose the databa

[BlueOnyx:16949] Web app installer for BX

2015-02-04 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Quick question... I'm new to the BX web app installer and we're about to buy it from the BX shop. Does the Wordpress Installer set up the site with the database connected and, in doing so, does it maintain the security/permissions so the site is unlikely to get compromised? In other words, is

[BlueOnyx:16872] Re: Assigning sites to Server Admins

2015-01-20 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Cancel that thought... I've found it. It's hidden in plain sight under the label 'Owner' :o) From: Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web [mailto:rich...@morgan-web.co.uk] Sent: 20 January 2015 14:40 To: 'blueo...@blueonyx.it' Subject: Assigning sites to Server Ad

[BlueOnyx:16871] Assigning sites to Server Admins

2015-01-20 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
I've begun to use the Server Administrator feature but have previously created some sites that should now be assigned to my newly created Server Admin user. Is there any means by which I can assign an existing site to their account? Thanks, Richard __

[BlueOnyx:16869] Bug report in DNS advanced settings

2015-01-20 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
In Server Management -> Network Services -> DNS -> Advanced With Rate Limit enabled, set the Responses Per Second to 1024 (as indicated by maximum range). Save. Restarting named from SSH now fails and viewing /var/log/messages contains: Jan 20 06:48:32 localhost named[28568]: /etc/named

[BlueOnyx:16805] Server memory fault

2015-01-04 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
I suspect this is hardware, but I'm sure someone has seen this before so a spot of guidance would be appreciated. I'm getting the following errors reported in /var/log/messages and to the console: Jan 4 20:57:57 s2 kernel: EDAC MC0: UE page 0x0, offset 0x0, grain 1073741824, row 0, labels

[BlueOnyx:16571] Re: Adding an ACCEPT rule for a static IP in the firewall

2014-11-26 Thread Richard Morgan
ovember 2014 11:04 To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List Subject: [BlueOnyx:16552] Re: Adding an ACCEPT rule for a static IP in the firewall Hi Richard, On 25-11-14 10:58, Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web wrote: > So, please could someone explain how I can save the iptables config so > it they ar

[BlueOnyx:16550] Adding an ACCEPT rule for a static IP in the firewall

2014-11-25 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Hi, we use the APF and BFD package and the BX keeps blocking a Windows box. I can remove the offending DROP rules, no problem and I thought I could add a rule with this: iptables -I INPUT -s nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn/27 -j ACCEPT service iptables save This is listed in the rules when I run iptables

[BlueOnyx:16499] Link to 5108R to 5208R upgrade instructions

2014-11-20 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Hi, can someone remind me of the link to the instructions for upgrading 5108R to the rather post 8208R UI please. I know Michael has written these in full, but despite searching I can't find them. This would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks, Richard

[BlueOnyx:16466] Re: Kernal Panic Not Syncing

2014-11-16 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
Hi Tom, sounds like you've had a fun day. If the disks you install and sync with are bigger that the original then I believe they will only use the capacity of the original disk. So, faced with a similar situation (and too tight to waste a bit of disk space) I asked the question a few years back:

[BlueOnyx:16280] Web Server Aliases and IP Changes

2014-10-29 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
We had to change our main IP address of the server recently when changing rack in the data centre; this all went OK with the help of the mass DNS and IP scripts. However, the Web Server Aliases were no longer recognised after the change. This applied to both hostnames and complete domains, even

[BlueOnyx:16182] Re: BlueOnyx-5208R-SL-6.5-20140824.iso size issue

2014-10-15 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
When I hit the oversized CD problem, I wrote the ISO to a USB memory stick using a little Windows freebie called Rufus. Worked fine - it might just save you a shopping trip and keep the fun rolling. -Original Message- From: blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-boun...@mail.bl

[BlueOnyx:16117] Re: Redundancy and using two network cards

2014-10-08 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
y else can help. Tobias From: blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Richard Morgan Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 11:23 AM To: blueo...@blueonyx.it Subject: [BlueOnyx:16111] Redundancy and using two network cards Hi, hope this is simple.

[BlueOnyx:16111] Redundancy and using two network cards

2014-10-07 Thread Richard Morgan
Hi, hope this is simple. In the data centre we use, we've been provided two network cables to connect to the server which come from separate switches/routers to provide redundancy. At the moment we're only using one of these cables, but we'd like to be able to use both. How do I configure

[BlueOnyx:16065] Re: Bulk change in DNS SOA records

2014-09-30 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
There is a pretty neat article on CMU migrations at http://www.blueonyx.it/index.php?page=cmu-migrations I had to do exactly what you are planning recently and I followed the Export DNS then the Import DNS sections to the letter and it worked just fine. I had to log in to the GUI and click Appl

[BlueOnyx:15053] Changing PHP setting en-masse

2014-04-01 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
I seem to remember there was a script to set or reset all the PHP settings on the server to the same. However, I can't find any reference to it within the maillist and can't see anything obvious when I browse the scripts on the server. Does anyone have a link to the info please? Thanks and

[BlueOnyx:14748] Re: webmail (SquirrelMail) shows blank page SOLVED

2014-02-25 Thread Richard Morgan :: Morgan Web
I've also been working on the SquirrelMail problems seen on the 5106R. Some of our users reported not being able to attach files. It turned out to be permissions in the /var/spool/squirrelmail directory and I fixed it with this: cd /var/spool/ chown -R admserv:admserv squirrelmail This worked

[BlueOnyx:14668] Re: webmail (SquirrelMail) shows blank page

2014-02-17 Thread Richard Morgan
Just a little update. We experienced the exact problem a week ago: domain.com:444/webmail presents squirrelmail, but domain.com/webmail does not. David kindly suggested a .htaccess file, but I've put the following at /etc/httpd/conf.d/squirrelmail.conf and restarted apache: # SquirrelMail redirec

[BlueOnyx:14581] Re: Squirrelmail error on 5106

2014-02-11 Thread Richard Morgan
Hi. I'm experiencing the exact same problem on our server: 5106R. The domain.com:444/webmail works (as David kindly provided) but I need to find a way to make it work on port 80 again. Does anyone have any ideas? Also, but less important right now, I've added the following directories to t

[BlueOnyx:14112] MySQL Server Restarts

2013-12-16 Thread Richard Morgan
For some reason, MySQL seems to restart itself (or something restarts it) but I can't spot any particular reason why or any pattern to the dates/times. Does anyone know what is causing this? The most recent one was today and stopped a user in mid flow. Many thanks, Richard more /var/lo

[BlueOnyx:13899] Re: Blueonyx Digest, Vol 58, Issue 30

2013-10-23 Thread Richard Morgan
DNS uses port 53 - UDP, not TCP if I remember. If you have DNS enabled you will need port 53 open. There was a security issue a little while back regarding DNS and port 53, but BlueOnyx now has a rate limiter so the problem is dramatically reduced. This may be the root cause of much of the forum

[BlueOnyx:13823] FW: Climbing load problem - maybe related to BFD

2013-10-10 Thread Richard Morgan
/var/log are both fairly small but I'm really not sure where to go from here to get it sorted. All help is greatly appreciated. Richard From: blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Richard Morgan Sent: 08 October 2013 09:47 To:

[BlueOnyx:13817] Climbing load problem - maybe related to BFD

2013-10-08 Thread Richard Morgan
Morning (here) On our server we're seeing the processor load increase slowly from its usual 0.3 to above 10 over the space of about three hours. I can clear it with "pkill bfd" which is probably not ideal. The processor load drops rapidly and then starts climbing again. There doesn't appear

[BlueOnyx:13685] Re: Load balanced BO's

2013-09-13 Thread Richard Morgan
-Original Message- From: blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet Sent: 13 September 2013 16:31 To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List Subject: [BlueOnyx:13682] Re: Load balanced BO's Hi George, On 9/13/2013 10

[BlueOnyx:13480] OT: A little PHP permission help

2013-08-07 Thread Richard Morgan
This is somewhere between a development challenge and a server config challenge, so I hope someone can help. We've got our own set of tools which are accessed from any domain using www.example.com/sitetools - they're mostly written in Perl so an alias for sitetools pointing to the real location

[BlueOnyx:13317] Booting stops at: Clearing pam_abl databases

2013-07-08 Thread Richard Morgan
Hi, hope someone can help with this... I ended up rebooting a server as it had hundreds of processes for /usr/sbin/pam_abl --purge and the CPU usage was very high. It's starting up then getting to the message: Clearing pam_abl databases At this point it just stops (I don't know if there's disk

[BlueOnyx:12898] iptables restart with rules

2013-04-22 Thread Richard Morgan
For some reason we were locked out out our box this morning and iptables was showing our IP. To solve the problem quickly I simply ran: service iptables restart The problem was solved although I was a little surprised to find this didn't load any rules at all - it started and is running but ip

[BlueOnyx:12802] Re: OT: Backup MX

2013-04-10 Thread Richard Morgan
We also run a backup MX but a much, much simpler config that Chris mentioned. We've installed BX on a VPS run by a third party that's dirt cheap (8USD/month) and it's deliberately configured not to have any email security for SPAM, etc. This was is catches the occasional message but is partic

[BlueOnyx:12731] /var/log filling up with log files and running out of space

2013-04-02 Thread Richard Morgan
On my 5108R I'm seeing a fairly consistent problem where the log files are growing and causing /var to run out of space - this stops mail for send/receive and a few other things. It accelerates when there is a security issue as the log files grow quite rapidly. Can I move /var/log to the /home

[BlueOnyx:12707] Re: Proposed changes to BlueOnyx DNS (important!)

2013-04-01 Thread Richard Morgan
Thanks for sinking your teeth into this one... I like your solution - it's well thought out and considered many implications. Recently, I've seen quite a load on the server recently and can't seem to crack it by iptables alone, so this is most welcome. Option 'a' seems to me to be the way forw

[BlueOnyx:12655] Re: DNS Spamming

2013-03-29 Thread Richard Morgan
I found the three iptables commands worked when I switched it to UDP: /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p udp -m udp --dport 53 -m state --state NEW -m recent --set --name DNS --rsource /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p udp -m udp --dport 53 -m state --state NEW -m recent --update --seconds 60

[BlueOnyx:12354] Fw: Re: SSHd Exploit (libkeyutils.so.1.9)

2013-03-03 Thread Richard Morgan
Following the exploit, I switched off SSH via the GUI, briefly enabling it for quick admin tasks. Is it confirmed that it's safe to re-enable SSH now and leave it on, just as long as we have nothing to do with cPanel on the server? Thanks - Original Message - From: "Rich

[BlueOnyx:12307] Re: SSHd Exploit (libkeyutils.so.1.9)

2013-02-26 Thread Richard Morgan
So is it confirmed that if we don't run cPanel we can turn SSH back on and start breathing again? Thank you very much for your research and messages. - Original Message - From: "Michael Stauber" To: "BlueOnyx General Mailing List" Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 7:40 PM Subject: [Blue

[BlueOnyx:12278] Re: Kernel 0-day vulnerability + SSHd Spam Exploit (libkeyutils.so.1.9)

2013-02-23 Thread Richard Morgan
Here goes with a really simple question: Would it help to disable SSH via the GUI for the time being? I know some configurations need it to be enabled for tunnelling or SCP stuff, but as the risk of this vulnerability is considered high then it might be worth a bit of inconvenience rather than

[BlueOnyx:12098] Re: External access to MYSQL

2013-01-25 Thread Richard Morgan
Hi Mark Do you have a MySQL user set up with either '%' as the host or the host/IP specified. In this scenario you need a username, hostname of the requesting server and the password. It doesn't just do it, but it's also not blocked by anything (IIRC). It might be worth trying some kind of My

[BlueOnyx:11661] Blocking connections by IP address

2012-11-05 Thread Richard Morgan
Our server is being sent loads of POP3 login requests. They're slow (about 6s apart) and not really causing a problem, but I was under the impression the server would block these once the volume go to above 60 failed log in's within one hour. Nov 5 15:28:21 vps1 dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted l

[BlueOnyx:11581] Re: Virtual Site List and SiteXX numbers

2012-10-22 Thread Richard Morgan
What about this? It works for me - I'm assuming you're in via SSH, of course. ls -asl /home/sites | grep example.com It works the other way round too if you search for 'site7' for example. - Original Message - From: "David Thacker" To: Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 5:18 PM Subject:

[BlueOnyx:11560] Re: 0 Kenel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception

2012-10-20 Thread Richard Morgan
Hi David Can you try booting from just one disk? I saw this a few months ago when the partition tables on my second raid drive were corrupt. I eventually replaced the drive, but the tables were still messing about. Michael sorted me out with a way of to rebuild the partition table on the sec

[BlueOnyx:11506] Re: Hosting

2012-10-09 Thread Richard Morgan
I did exactly this using a very low cost virtual server - £6 per month. It also does secondary mail services and replicated a few MySQL databases. The company I used asked for an ISO image and the install was easy... not all VPS providers offer this and say 'ooo, it must be [insert random Linux d

[BlueOnyx:11490] Re: OpenWebmail gdbm fatal: read error

2012-10-04 Thread Richard Morgan
- Original Message - From: "Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet" To: "BlueOnyx General Mailing List" Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 9:59 PM Subject: [BlueOnyx:11488] OpenWebmail gdbm fatal: read error > This is a BX 5108R box running Solarspeed's OpenWebmail. > > Customer reported a pr

[BlueOnyx:11270] Re: New feature: fuse-sshfs

2012-09-04 Thread Richard Morgan
Hi Michael That's great - thank you. Following your instructions I set up a connection from BX to our hosted NAS/FreeNAS box and now copy files without FTP like I used to. Nice little tool that's easy to use. Cheers, Richard - Original Message - From: "Michael Stauber" To: "BlueOn

[BlueOnyx:11173] Re: MDADM / FDISK problem

2012-08-16 Thread Richard Morgan
Wow, thanks Michael - am I a happy shrub now or what? This process worked perfectly and I've had great delight watching the second disk rebuild... it's now complete and purring like a kitten. Really can't thank you enough. Richard - Original Message - From: "Michael Stauber" To: "Blu

[BlueOnyx:11169] Re: MDADM / FDISK problem

2012-08-15 Thread Richard Morgan
- Original Message - From: "Michael Stauber" To: "BlueOnyx General Mailing List" Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 12:41 AM Subject: [BlueOnyx:11168] Re: MDADM / FDISK problem > Hi Richard, > >> I've got a bit of a problem with disks. It was reporting a disk >> failure, but when I repl

[BlueOnyx:11167] MDADM / FDISK problem

2012-08-15 Thread Richard Morgan
Hi I've got a bit of a problem with disks. It was reporting a disk failure, but when I replaced the faulty disk last week it didn't do the RAID rebuild. I run: cat /proc/mdstat --- Personalities : [raid1] md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] 511988 blocks super 1.0 [2/1] [U_] md1 : active

[BlueOnyx:11110] Re: SL6.2 no boot from degraded RAID1... with fix... BTW 6.3 is OK

2012-08-06 Thread Richard Morgan
- Original Message - From: Gerald Waugh To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 11:22 PM Subject: [BlueOnyx:11108] Re: SL6.2 no boot from degraded RAID1... with fix... BTW 6.3 is OK On 08/06/2012 07:47 AM, Gerald Waugh wrote: I M P O R T A N T ! !

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