Can you login to the VCL website as vclsystem?  Also try running the test
script as admin instead of vclsystem.  Same result?

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Michael Jinks <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Andy.
>
> I get:
>
>  $ ~/test-xmlrpc.pl
>  Username: vclsystem
>  Password: created RPC::XML client object RPC::XML::Client::send_request
> fault occurred, fault code: 3, fault string: Access denied
>
> ...which looks like I'm entering the wrong password, but I'm pretty sure
> that's not the case.
>
> vcld.log doesn't show anything in response to the attempt but I don't
> know if it should.
>
> I wonder if my database is hosed (again, still).
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:31:36AM -0400, Andy Kurth wrote:
> >    What output does the following script produce?  You should only have
> to
> >    change the URL.  (Made minor changes to Aaron's)
> >
> >    #---BEGIN---
> >
> >    #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> >    use strict;
> >    use warnings;
> >    use diagnostics;
> >    use RPC::XML::Client;
> >    use Term::ReadKey;
> >    use Data::Dumper;
> >    my $VCL_LOCATION = 'https://<URL>/index.php?mode=xmlrpccall';
> >    $|++;
> >    print "Username: ";
> >    chomp(my $username = <>);
> >    print "Password: ";
> >    ReadMode 2;
> >    chomp(my $password = <>);
> >    ReadMode 0;
> >    my $client = RPC::XML::Client->new($VCL_LOCATION, useragent =>
> >    ['ssl_opts' => {verify_hostname => 0}]);
> >    if (defined($client)) {
> >    print "created RPC::XML client object\n";
> >    }
> >    else {
> >    print "failed to create a new RPC::XML client object, error: " .
> >    ($RPC::XML::ERROR || '<none>') . "\n";
> >    exit;
> >    }
> >    $client->useragent->default_header('X-User' => $username);
> >    $client->useragent->default_header('X-Pass' => $password);
> >    $client->useragent->default_header('X-APIVERSION' => 2);
> >    my $response = $client->send_request(("system.listMethods"));
> >    if (!ref($response)) {
> >    print "RPC::XML::Client::send_request failed, error: " .
> >    ($RPC::XML::ERROR || '<none>') . "\n" . Dumper($response) . "\n";
> >    exit;
> >    }
> >    elsif ($response->is_fault) {
> >    print "RPC::XML::Client::send_request fault occurred, fault code: " .
> >    $response->code . ", fault string: " . $response->string . "\n";
> >    exit;
> >    }
> >    for my $method (@$response) {
> >    print $method->value . "\n";
> >    }
> >
> >    #---END---
> >
> >    On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Michael Jinks <[1]
> [email protected]>
> >    wrote:
> >
> >    On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 09:36:08PM +0000, Aaron Coburn wrote:
> >    >
> >    > > Oh, good!  I was wishing for something like this.
> >    > >
> >    > > This looks familiar:
> >    > >
> >    > > $ ./[2]vcl-rpcxml.pl
> >    > > Username: vclsystem
> >    > > Password:
> >    > > Can't locate object method "value" via package
> >    > > "RPC::XML::Client::send_request: HTTP server error: Can't connect
> >    to
> >    > > [3]vlab-a.uchicago.edu:443 (certificate verify failed)" (perhaps
> >    you forgot
> >    > > to load "RPC::XML::Client::send_request: HTTP server error: Can't
> >    > > connect to [4]vlab-a.uchicago.edu:443 (certificate verify
> >    failed)"?) at
> >    > > ./[5]vcl-rpcxml.pl line 28, <> line 2.
> >    > >
> >    > > I get the same result whether I enter the correct password or
> >    something
> >    > > deliberately wrong.  So I'm guessing that this is indicating
> >    something
> >    > > missing in my environment, but I know from looking previously that
> >    the
> >    > > RPC::XML::Client directory is complete with a send_request script.
> >    > >
> >    >
> >    > But are you not using a custom-built perl interpreter? You should
> >    invoke the script with the same perl interpreter that vcld is using;
> >    otherwise, it will use /usr/bin/perl
> >
> >      I adjusted the script:
> >      #!/usr/local/vcl/perl/bin/perl -w
> >
> >    > The error you see relates to a package not being installed -- either
> >    LWP or RPC::XML
> >
> >      Yeah, that sure is what it looks like... but both modules are
> >      present:
> >      $ sudo /usr/local/vcl/perl/bin/cpan LWP
> >      Reading '/root/.cpan/Metadata'
> >        Database was generated on Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:07:03 GMT
> >      LWP is up to date (6.04).
> >      $ sudo /usr/local/vcl/perl/bin/cpan RPC::XML
> >      Reading '/root/.cpan/Metadata'
> >        Database was generated on Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:07:03 GMT
> >      RPC::XML is up to date (1.56).
> >
> >    --
> >    Michael Jinks :: [6][email protected]
> >    University of Chicago IT Services
> >
> > References
> >
> >    1. mailto:[email protected]
> >    2. http://vcl-rpcxml.pl/
> >    3. http://vlab-a.uchicago.edu:443/
> >    4. http://vlab-a.uchicago.edu:443/
> >    5. http://vcl-rpcxml.pl/
> >    6. mailto:[email protected]
>
> --
> Michael Jinks :: [email protected] :: 773-469-9688
> University of Chicago IT Services
>

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