Hi
I have just installed a lot of updates on a CentOS 4 box and w appears to have stopped working -- this machine has 3 or 4 people connected via ssh, yet this is all that is outputted:
# w 20:46:32 up 301 days, 3:21, 0 users, load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
"rpmverify procps" returns nothing so the package hasn't been messed with.
I don't want to reboot the server -- does any have any suggestions what could be done to get w working again?
Thanks
Chris
On 4/6/06, Chris Croome chris@webarchitects.co.uk wrote:
Hi
I have just installed a lot of updates on a CentOS 4 box and w appears to have stopped working -- this machine has 3 or 4 people connected via ssh, yet this is all that is outputted:
# w 20:46:32 up 301 days, 3:21, 0 users, load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
"rpmverify procps" returns nothing so the package hasn't been messed with.
I don't want to reboot the server -- does any have any suggestions what could be done to get w working again?
What kernel are you running, and which version version of procps are you running?
-- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -Arthur C. Clarke
Hi
On Thu 06-Apr-2006 at 04:25:36PM -0400, Jim Perrin wrote:
On 4/6/06, Chris Croome chris@webarchitects.co.uk wrote:
I have just installed a lot of updates on a CentOS 4 box and w appears to have stopped working -- this machine has 3 or 4 people connected via ssh, yet this is all that is outputted:
# w 20:46:32 up 301 days, 3:21, 0 users, load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
"rpmverify procps" returns nothing so the package hasn't been messed with.
I don't want to reboot the server -- does any have any suggestions what could be done to get w working again?
What kernel are you running, and which version version of procps are you running?
# uname -r 2.6.9-5.0.5.ELsmp
# rpm -qi procps Name : procps Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 3.2.3 Vendor: CentOS Release : 8.3 Build Date: Sun 01 Jan 2006 05:57:38 GMT Install Date: Thu 06 Apr 2006 17:12:16 BST Build Host: build-i386
I did update a *lot* of packages today I don't know if this could have anything to do with it...
Chris
On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 21:40 +0100, Chris Croome wrote:
Hi
On Thu 06-Apr-2006 at 04:25:36PM -0400, Jim Perrin wrote:
On 4/6/06, Chris Croome chris@webarchitects.co.uk wrote:
I have just installed a lot of updates on a CentOS 4 box and w appears to have stopped working -- this machine has 3 or 4 people connected via ssh, yet this is all that is outputted:
# w 20:46:32 up 301 days, 3:21, 0 users, load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
"rpmverify procps" returns nothing so the package hasn't been messed with.
I don't want to reboot the server -- does any have any suggestions what could be done to get w working again?
What kernel are you running, and which version version of procps are you running?
# uname -r 2.6.9-5.0.5.ELsmp
# rpm -qi procps Name : procps Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 3.2.3 Vendor: CentOS Release : 8.3 Build Date: Sun 01 Jan 2006 05:57:38 GMT Install Date: Thu 06 Apr 2006 17:12:16 BST Build Host: build-i386
I did update a *lot* of packages today I don't know if this could have anything to do with it...
That looks like a centos Kernel ... try installing audit and audit-libs.
Hi
On Thu 06-Apr-2006 at 03:44:23PM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
On 4/6/06, Chris Croome chris@webarchitects.co.uk wrote:
# uname -r 2.6.9-5.0.5.ELsmp
That looks like a centos Kernel ... try installing audit and audit-libs.
# yum install audit audit-libs Nothing to do
They are already...
Chris
On 4/6/06, Chris Croome chris@webarchitects.co.uk wrote:
Hi
On Thu 06-Apr-2006 at 03:44:23PM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
On 4/6/06, Chris Croome chris@webarchitects.co.uk wrote:
# uname -r 2.6.9-5.0.5.ELsmp
That looks like a centos Kernel ... try installing audit and audit-libs.
# yum install audit audit-libs Nothing to do
They are already...
Not to voice something completely obvious... but that kernel is REALLY old. The problem might very well be solved by using one of the 4 or so kernels that have come out since to fix errata in the one you're using.... If there's a specific reason to not move forward with the kernel that's one thing, but I'd have to lean toward loading up a new one to fix the problem.
-- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -Arthur C. Clarke
On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 21:18 +0100, Chris Croome wrote:
Hi
I have just installed a lot of updates on a CentOS 4 box and w appears to have stopped working -- this machine has 3 or 4 people connected via ssh, yet this is all that is outputted:
# w 20:46:32 up 301 days, 3:21, 0 users, load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
"rpmverify procps" returns nothing so the package hasn't been messed with.
I don't want to reboot the server -- does any have any suggestions what could be done to get w working again?
We are tracking this issue as a bug.
Basically ... it seems that for w to continue to work, you have to have the latest version of opsnssh, audit and audit-libs installed. With those installed and a CentOS kernel, everything seems fine (Even older CentOS kernels and those from CentOS Plus).
Other external kernels (some fedora ... some kernel.org) seems to break w.
Here is the bug:
http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1245
We won't be patching code to fix this unless it is fixed from upstream. (This is one of the reasons I don't recommend building your own kernels ... but that thread is probably better left dead :)
Hi
On Thu 06-Apr-2006 at 03:40:11PM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 21:18 +0100, Chris Croome wrote:
I have just installed a lot of updates on a CentOS 4 box and w appears to have stopped working -- this machine has 3 or 4 people connected via ssh, yet this is all that is outputted:
# w 20:46:32 up 301 days, 3:21, 0 users, load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
"rpmverify procps" returns nothing so the package hasn't been messed with.
I don't want to reboot the server -- does any have any suggestions what could be done to get w working again?
We are tracking this issue as a bug.
Basically ... it seems that for w to continue to work, you have to have the latest version of opsnssh, audit and audit-libs installed. With those installed and a CentOS kernel, everything seems fine (Even older CentOS kernels and those from CentOS Plus).
Other external kernels (some fedora ... some kernel.org) seems to break w.
Here is the bug:
http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1245
We won't be patching code to fix this unless it is fixed from upstream. (This is one of the reasons I don't recommend building your own kernels ... but that thread is probably better left dead :)
Ah, OK, I guess I should add to that bug report...
I'm running a CentOS kernel and have the latest opsnssh, audit and audit-libs as far as I'm aware.
# rpm -qi openssh Name : openssh Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 3.9p1 Vendor: CentOS Release : 8.RHEL4.12 Build Date: Wed 08 Mar 2006 14:13:09 GMT Install Date: Fri 10 Mar 2006 21:01:09 GMT Build Host: build-i386
# rpm -qi audit Name : audit Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 1.0.12 Vendor: CentOS Release : 1.EL4 Build Date: Sun 01 Jan 2006 19:22:39 GMT Install Date: Fri 10 Mar 2006 20:58:27 GMT Build Host: build-i386
# rpm -qi audit-libs Name : audit-libs Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 1.0.12 Vendor: CentOS Release : 1.EL4 Build Date: Sun 01 Jan 2006 19:22:39 GMT Install Date: Fri 10 Mar 2006 20:58:23 GMT Build Host: build-i386
#rpm -qi kernel Name : kernel Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 2.6.9 Vendor: CentOS Release : 5.0.5.EL Build Date: Wed 20 Apr 2005 01:16:34 BST Install Date: Wed 25 May 2005 19:23:52 BST Build Host: guru.build.karan.org
# uname -srvpi Linux 2.6.9-5.0.5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Apr 20 00:16:40 BST 2005 i686 i386
Chris
Chris Croome spake the following on 4/6/2006 1:53 PM:
Hi
On Thu 06-Apr-2006 at 03:40:11PM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 21:18 +0100, Chris Croome wrote:
I have just installed a lot of updates on a CentOS 4 box and w appears to have stopped working -- this machine has 3 or 4 people connected via ssh, yet this is all that is outputted:
# w 20:46:32 up 301 days, 3:21, 0 users, load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
"rpmverify procps" returns nothing so the package hasn't been messed with.
I don't want to reboot the server -- does any have any suggestions what could be done to get w working again?
We are tracking this issue as a bug.
Basically ... it seems that for w to continue to work, you have to have the latest version of opsnssh, audit and audit-libs installed. With those installed and a CentOS kernel, everything seems fine (Even older CentOS kernels and those from CentOS Plus).
Other external kernels (some fedora ... some kernel.org) seems to break w.
Here is the bug:
http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1245
We won't be patching code to fix this unless it is fixed from upstream. (This is one of the reasons I don't recommend building your own kernels ... but that thread is probably better left dead :)
Ah, OK, I guess I should add to that bug report...
I'm running a CentOS kernel and have the latest opsnssh, audit and audit-libs as far as I'm aware.
# rpm -qi openssh Name : openssh Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 3.9p1 Vendor: CentOS Release : 8.RHEL4.12 Build Date: Wed 08 Mar 2006 14:13:09 GMT Install Date: Fri 10 Mar 2006 21:01:09 GMT Build Host: build-i386
# rpm -qi audit Name : audit Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 1.0.12 Vendor: CentOS Release : 1.EL4 Build Date: Sun 01 Jan 2006 19:22:39 GMT Install Date: Fri 10 Mar 2006 20:58:27 GMT Build Host: build-i386
# rpm -qi audit-libs Name : audit-libs Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 1.0.12 Vendor: CentOS Release : 1.EL4 Build Date: Sun 01 Jan 2006 19:22:39 GMT Install Date: Fri 10 Mar 2006 20:58:23 GMT Build Host: build-i386
#rpm -qi kernel Name : kernel Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 2.6.9 Vendor: CentOS Release : 5.0.5.EL Build Date: Wed 20 Apr 2005 01:16:34 BST Install Date: Wed 25 May 2005 19:23:52 BST Build Host: guru.build.karan.org
# uname -srvpi Linux 2.6.9-5.0.5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Apr 20 00:16:40 BST 2005 i686 i386
Chris
uname -srvpi Linux 2.6.9-34.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Mar 9 06:23:23 GMT 2006 x86_64 x86_64
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