Re: help!! - cfservd stops responding after several hours

[Russell Adams]

What do "netstat -l" and "lsof | grep TCP" show while cfservd is hung?

Off topic tip, try using:

    ps auxw | grep [c]fservd

So you don't need a redundant grep to remove grep from the output. ;]

Russell

On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 12:22:05PM -0700, Guolin Cheng wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
>  
> 
>  I got a strange problem here with cfengine 2.1.3. 
> 
>  
> 
>  The problem is: after I migration my cfengine policy server from
> original host to a new server (change all related configurations as
> well). The new policy server runs fine in several hours. Then suddenly
> it stops responding to other cfengine clients. 
> 
>  
> 
>  The symptoms are: on the client side, "cfagent -v -q" will hangs at the
> stage of initially talking to cfengine policy server.
> 
> At the policy server end, "ps auxw | grep cfservd | grep -v grep"
> reports no cfservd processes creation or dying. 
> 
>  
> 
>  The problem is quite strange since the policy server can respond to
> clients very well for several hours, ( my clients run cfagent in
> background hourly). While after several hours everything stops running.
> 
>  
> 
>  One response logged from the client end is attached below :
> 
>  
> 
> > 
> 
> >----------
> 
> >From:      cobalt
> 
> >Sent:      Tuesday, July 13, 2004 9:54:08 AM
> 
> >To: cobalt
> 
> >Subject:   Cron <root@cfClient> run-parts /alexa/etc/cron.d/cron.hourly
> 
> >Auto forwarded by a Rule
> 
> > 
> 
> /alexa/etc/cron.d/cron.hourly/cfagent.sh:
> 
>  
> 
> cfengine:: Challenge response from server cfServer.alexa.com/10.0.20.42
> was incorrect!
> 
> cfengine:: Authentication dialogue with cfServer.alexa.com failed
> 
> cfengine:cfClient: Couldn't open a socket
> 
> cfengine:cfClient: Unable to establish connection with
> cfServer.alexa.com
> 
> cfengine:cfClient: Couldn't open a socket
> 
> cfengine:cfClient: Unable to establish connection with
> cfServer.alexa.com
> 
> cfengine:cfClient: Couldn't open a socket
> 
> cfengine:cfClient: Unable to establish connection with
> cfServer.alexa.com
> 
> cfengine:cfClient: Couldn't open a socket
> 
> cfengine:cfClient: Unable to establish connection with
> cfServer.alexa.com
> 
> cfengine:cfClient: Couldn't open a socket
> 
> cfengine:cfClient: Unable to establish connection with
> cfServer.alexa.com
> 
> cfengine:cfClient: Couldn't open a socket
> 
>  
> 
>  Any suggestions or opinions are greatly appreciated.  
> 
>  
> 
>  Thanks.
> 
>  --Guolin Cheng
> 
>  
> 

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