Re: Problems with Connections to Cfengine Server

[Mark . Burgess]

Time outs sometimes occur if the name service takes too long
to perform a lookup. Check out your main name server, and upgrade
to 1.6.2 of cfengine, while you're at it!! :)

Mark


On 22 Jan, Toni Blackwelder wrote:
> Hello.
> 
>   We recently began having problems with clients connecting to our
> Cfengine server.  We CAN ping the cfengine server and the "cfd" daemon
> IS running on both the server and the clients.  However, when trying to
> pull down a copy of our inputs directory (as one example), we get the
> error listed below.  Has anyone seen this before?  Any help would be
> appreciated.  I am fairly new to some of the Cfengine problems since our
> regular adminstrator is out on
> medical leave.
> 
> Toni Blackwelder
> Nortel Networks
> trblack@nortelnetworks.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -------------------------------
> root@wnc0h001# /opt/corp/local/sbin/cfengine -q -v -f  
> /var/opt/corp/local/cfengine/sync-files.cf 
>              
> Reference time set to Mon Jan 22 10:54:00 2001
> 
> GNU Configuration Engine - 
> cfengine-1.5.4
> Free Software Foundation 1995, 1996, 1997
> Donated by Mark Burgess, Centre of Science and Technology
> Faculty of Engineering, Oslo College, 0254 Oslo, Norway
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Host name is: wnc0h001
> Operating System Type is hp-ux
> Operating System Release is B.10.20
> Architecture = 9000/785
> 
> 
> Using internal soft-class hpux10 for host wnc0h001
> 
> The time is now Mon Jan 22 10:54:00 2001
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Additional hard class defined as: 32_bit
> Additional hard class defined as: hp-ux_B.10.20
> Additional hard class defined as: hp-ux_9000/785
> Additional hard class defined as: hp-ux_9000/785_B.10.20
> Additional hard class defined as: hp_ux_9000_785_B_10_20_A
> 
> GNU autoconf class from compile time: hpux10.20
> 
>   Careful with this - it might not be correct at run time if you have
>   several OS versions with binary compatibilty!
> 
> Address given by nameserver: 47.142.48.107
> wnc0h001: No preconfiguration file
> Secure copying is not possible without libcrypto from OpenSSL
> Secure copying is not possible without libcrypto from OpenSSL
> Secure copying is not possible without libcrypto from OpenSSL
> Accepted domain name: us.nortel.com
> 
> 
> Defined Classes = ( any Monday Hr10 Min54 Min50_55 Day22 January Yr2001
> hpux10 wnc0h001 undefined_domain 32_bit hp_ux_B_10_20 hp_ux_9000_785
> hp_ux_9000_785_B_10_20 hp_ux_9000_785_B_10_20_A hpux10_20 47_142_48
> 47_142_48_107 wnc0h001_us_nortel_com )
> 
> Negated Classes = ( )
> 
> Installable classes = ( new_inputs )
> 
> Global expiry time for locks: 120 minutes
> 
> Global anti-spam elapse time: 0 minutes
> 
> Extensions which should not be directories = ( )
> Suspicious filenames to be warned about = ( )
> Reference time set to Mon Jan 22 10:54:00 2001
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Checking file images:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> cfengine:wnc0h001: Time out
> cfengine:wnc0h001: Couldn't connect to host cfengine35dd
> cfengine:wnc0h001: Unable to establish connection with cfengine35dd
> cfengine:wnc0h001: Time out
> cfengine:wnc0h001: Couldn't connect to host cfengine35dd
> cfengine:wnc0h001: Unable to establish connection with cfengine35dd
> cfengine:wnc0h001: Time out
> cfengine:wnc0h001: Couldn't connect to host cfengine35dd
> cfengine:wnc0h001: Unable to establish connection with cfengine35dd
> Saving the setuid log in /var/run/cfengine/cfengine.wnc0h001.log
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Running shell commands
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------

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