Did you change the hostname manually? Usually that's the problem. On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Daryl Rose <darylr...@outlook.com> wrote:
> Thank you for the information. However, I am confused by a few things. > > > The error that I am seeing is on the spacewalk server itself, not on the > clients. isn't /etc/sysconfig/rhn/osad-auth.conf only on the clients? > OSAD is failing to start on the server with the invalid password error. > Do I need to remove and recreate the osad-auth.conf file on all of the > clients? > > > Thank you. > > > Daryl > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Dimitri Yioulos <dyiou...@netatlantic.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 3, 2016 10:54 AM > *To:* spacewalk-list@redhat.com; Daryl Rose > *Subject:* RE: [Spacewalk-list] osad/jabber - Invalid password errors > > Robert is correct. I've had similar issues with osad, and so created a > simple Ansible playbook to delete osad-auth.conf against all of my nodes. > If you're running Ansible, here it is: > > --- > > - hosts: all > gather_facts: false > become: yes > > tasks: > - name: stop osad > command: /sbin/service osad stop > - name: remove osad auth file > command: /bin/rm -f /etc/sysconfig/rhn/osad-auth.conf > - name: start osad > command: /sbin/service osad start > > Dimitri > > -----Original Message----- > From: spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com [ > mailto:spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com > <spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com>] On Behalf Of Robert Paschedag > Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 11:14 AM > To: Daryl Rose <darylr...@outlook.com> > Cc: spacewalk-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] osad/jabber - Invalid password errors > > You should have configuration files for osad in /etc/sysconfig/rhn. An > osad.conf and osad-auth.conf. > > I think, if you remove the osad-auth.conf file and restart osad, it should > re-register. I think! > > Regards > Robert > Am 03.08.2016 15:38 schrieb Daryl Rose <darylr...@outlook.com>: > > > > Hmmm....Wonder how that happened? I didn't press send, at least not > that I'm aware of. > > > > > > Anyway, before I was rudely interrupted by my email client, I was > > asking if there is a password in the jabberd database or authreg.db file > that could be an issue? Since I am no longer completely clearing out the > database files, perhaps something got stuck at some point? Would clearing > out the database files rest the password? > > > > > > But again, I'm wondering what the invalid password is? What is osad > > logging into? > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > Daryl > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com > > <spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> on behalf of Daryl Rose > > <darylr...@outlook.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 8:15 AM > > To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com > > Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] osad/jabber - Invalid password errors > > > > > > I have some additional information that I think that I should share. > > > > > > Because of specific issues experienced with SW, I used to completely > remove jabberd database and log files. I used to stop SW, cd to > /var/lib/jabberd/db and remove the entire contents then restart SW. But, I > started experience problems with OSAD not picking up packages, and after so > research, I learned that the way that I used to do things was not a good > idea. > > > > > > I think that it was a posting here that told me by removing at database > files and the authreg.db it was causing the clients from losing connection > with the SW server. In the SW documentation, I learned that its better to > delete only the logs that are not required. These are the steps that I now > use: > > > > > > /usr/bin/db_checkpoint -1 -h /var/lib/jabberd/db/ ## mark logs for > > deletion /usr/bin/db_archive -d -h /var/lib/jabberd/db/ ## delete > > logs /usr/sbin/spacewalk-service restart ## stop/start spacewalk > > > > I have this setup in a crontab that runs on a daily schedule. I set > > this up about two months ago. > > > > > > I'm not sure when the invalid password issue started. But it was some > > point after implementing these steps that the invalid password issue > > started. Is there a password > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Robert Paschedag <robert.pasche...@web.de> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2016 11:47 PM > > To: Daryl Rose > > Cc: spacewalk-list@redhat.com > > Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] osad/jabber - Invalid password errors > > > > Hi Daryl, > > > > the password fire jabber is stored in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/osad.auth, if I > remember right. > > > > The other thing is not enough permissions to delete the PID file. > > > > Are you running osad as a non-root user? > > > > Regards > > Robert > > Am 02.08.2016 16:24 schrieb Daryl Rose <darylr...@outlook.com>: > > > > > > OSAD has not been working, and I finally had a moment to look into > it. The osa-dispatcher.log has the following error: > > > > > > > > > 2016/08/02 08:38:25 -05:00 25556 0.0.0.0: > > > osad/jabber_lib.setup_connection('Connected to jabber server', > > > '<spacewalk-server.domain.com>') > > > 2016/08/02 08:38:25 -05:00 25556 0.0.0.0: > > > osad/jabber_lib.register('ERROR', 'Invalid password') > > > > > > What password would be invalid? I am using a customized > > > certificate, and its still valid for another two years. I can register > servers just fine. I can use rhn_check to retrieve updates, so I'm sure > that the certificate is fine. > > > > > > > > > There is another error that I see: > > > > > > > > > 2016/08/01 09:36:22 -05:00 1552 0.0.0.0: > > > osad/jabber_lib.main('ERROR', 'Traceback (most recent call last):\n > > > File "/usr/share/rhn/osad/jabber_lib.py", line 119, in main\n c = > > > self.setup_connection(no_fork=no_fork)\n File > > > "/usr/share/rhn/osad/jabber_lib.py", line 283, in setup_connection\n > > > > self.push_to_background()\n File > > > "/usr/share/rhn/osad/jabber_lib.py", line 213, in > > > push_to_background\n os.unlink(pid_file)\nOSError: [Errno 13] > > > Permission denied: \'/var/run/osa-dispatcher.pid\'\n') > > > > > > Anyone have any suggestions? > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > > Daryl > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Spacewalk-list mailing list > Spacewalk-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list > > _______________________________________________ > Spacewalk-list mailing list > Spacewalk-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list >
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