Deleting the db files on the policy master seems to have eliminated the problem. cfexecd is no longer dumping a core file while starting from the cfagent command on the local client.
Paul >>> "Mark Burgess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/03/05 2:49 AM >>> Can you do a backtrace? gdb /var/cfengine/cfexecd core gdb> back M On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 16:11 -0400, PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote: > I just tried to delete all my db files on one of the clients... > > I ran cfagent -v on the client (I did not delete the db on the > policy master) and it left a big core dump. > > $ file core > core: ELF 32-bit MSB core file SPARC Version 1, from > 'cfexecd' > > So, it looks like cfexecd is core dumping. Interestingly, my > cfagent file is configured to restart cfenvd, cfservd and cfexecd > if necessary: > > "cfenvd" restart "/usr/local/sbin/cfenvd" > "cfservd" restart "/usr/local/sbin/cfservd" > "cfexecd$" restart "/usr/local/sbin/cfexecd" > > If I remove cfexecd$, I get no core dump. Is this the correct format > for starting up cfexecd? > > Paul > > >>> "Mark Burgess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/02/05 3:36 PM >>> > > This is a possible explanation for the problem. One might also try > downloading the latest snapshot from www.cfengine.org where a few > patches are applied. > > Certainly I cannot understand why cfenvd should cause cfexecd to > crash. > They are utterly independent. The only conceivable link between them > is > Berkeley DB. > > Mark > > On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 15:07 -0400, Luke Youngblood wrote: > > Have you used two or more different compiled binaries on the same > box > > without deleting DB files in between runs? > > > > Initially, I was using the 2.1.13 version of Cfengine from > SunFreeware. I > > decided to switch to Blastwave's version of 2.1.14, which is > compiled > > against a different version of BerkeleyDB. > > > > What I found was that Cfagent and Cfenvd were throwing lots of > errors > > related to database issues. Cfenvd would core dump every time I > started it. > > > > In order to resolve these issues, I removed all of the databases > that > > Cfagent and Cfenvd were complaining about (run cfagent -v), then let > cfagent > > recreate them on its next run. I didn't have any problems after > that. > > > > Just to be sure and cleanup properly, you might first kill cfenvd > and > > cfservd, then nuke everything under /var/cfengine, and perform a run > of > > cfagent again. This should reinitialize all the databases and > everything > > should work fine from then on. > > > > It seems that different versions of BerkeleyDB create files that are > > slightly different in format. > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > Luke > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of PAUL WILLIAMSON > > Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 2:26 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; help-cfengine@gnu.org > > Subject: Re: cfenvd dumping core > > > > I have almost the same situation. Although I get a decent core > > almost all the time. I have both binaries I've compiled (with the > > same versions of tools as you, but only sol8) and ones from > > someone on the list. Either way, running remotely always > > cores out cfexec or cfagent. > > > > Paul > > > > >>> "Baker, Darryl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/02/05 1:51 PM >>> > > Gentlefolk, > > I'm having a problem where cfenvd is Seg faulting and sometimes > > taking cfexecd with it though I don't get a core from cfexecd. It > > doesn't > > happen with any consistency or pattern. Some machines will have it > > happen > > every other day others it will happen once a week. I have 134 > machines > > and I > > can go 16 hours without a failure and then have 5 fail in the next 4 > > hours. > > > > This is with 2.1.14 on Solaris 8 and 9 boxes compiled with gcc 3.3.2 > > and > > linked with OpenSSL 0.9.7. The same version of OpenSSL is on all > > machines. > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Darryl Baker > > Senior Unix Specialist > > gedas USA, Inc. > > Operational Services Business Unit > > 3800 Hamlin Road > > Auburn Hills, MI 48326 > > US > > phone +1-248-754-5341 > > fax +1-248-754-6399 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.gedasusa.com > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Help-cfengine mailing list > > Help-cfengine@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Help-cfengine mailing list > > Help-cfengine@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-cfengine mailing list > Help-cfengine@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
