Re: Strange intermittent WebDNA problems Workaround
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2008
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Hi, Anyone still having this problem, we have prevented the problem with the following- Save this as quitwebdna.pl in somewhere such as /library/tenon/webserver #!/usr/bin/perl print "content-type: text/html \n\n"; print "hello world"; system("killall -9 WebCatalog"); Use Cronnix or similar to add a new cron job for the root user that executes every 24 hours. the 2nd and 3rd lines in the script were used when we tested it in a web site folder (it worked) but to do this you will need to have it in a cgi-bin and change the privileges. It's working for us! Regards, Colin Stuart Tremain wrote: > The server is still there > > http://license.smithmicro.com/ > > But maybe not responding as required > > If you were to alter your host file you would be able to test the theory > and maybe fix the problem > > > > Regards > > Stuart Tremain > IDFK Web Developments > AUSTRALIA > webdna@idfk.com.au > > > > > On 30/04/2008, at 1:19 AM, Colin Sidwell wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I can confirm that if you restart the server before your approx 74 >> hour limit is up, you get another 74 hours before it goes again. >> >> My money's on Smith Micro turning off the 'phone home' server, as this >> problem is affecting all versions of WebDNA irrespective of Apache >> version or platform. >> >> Regards, >> >> Colin >> >> >> Vijay-Kumar Solanki wrote: >>> this sounds like something we might need to do; however, i have >>> noticed that when we run into the issue, we just need to kill the >>> webcatalog process ( OS X ), and the other process will restart it... >>> so i wonder if we just need to do that once every day in the am... >>> On Apr 28, 2008, at 7:51 PM, Brian B. Burton wrote: >>>> i know it's old fashioned, but i have a script that reboots my >>>> severs every day at 5:15AM EST. Nice and safe, never a problem. >>>> Never, and i mean not once have I had a customer complain. (seems >>>> they are busy sleeping, hmm, well timed on my part ) Problem >>>> solved :) >>>> >>>> BBB >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Apr 28, 2008, at 5:16 PM, Karl Schroll wrote: >>>> >>>>> Besides discussing legal remedies off this list, has anyone come up >>>>> with a way to fix these every 72-hour or so hiccups? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>>> the mailing list
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Hi, Anyone still having this problem, we have prevented the problem with the following- Save this as quitwebdna.pl in somewhere such as /library/tenon/webserver #!/usr/bin/perl print "content-type: text/html \n\n"; print "hello world"; system("killall -9 WebCatalog"); Use Cronnix or similar to add a new cron job for the root user that executes every 24 hours. the 2nd and 3rd lines in the script were used when we tested it in a web site folder (it worked) but to do this you will need to have it in a cgi-bin and change the privileges. It's working for us! Regards, Colin Stuart Tremain wrote: > The server is still there > > http://license.smithmicro.com/ > > But maybe not responding as required > > If you were to alter your host file you would be able to test the theory > and maybe fix the problem > > > > Regards > > Stuart Tremain > IDFK Web Developments > AUSTRALIA > webdna@idfk.com.au > > > > > On 30/04/2008, at 1:19 AM, Colin Sidwell wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I can confirm that if you restart the server before your approx 74 >> hour limit is up, you get another 74 hours before it goes again. >> >> My money's on Smith Micro turning off the 'phone home' server, as this >> problem is affecting all versions of WebDNA irrespective of Apache >> version or platform. >> >> Regards, >> >> Colin >> >> >> Vijay-Kumar Solanki wrote: >>> this sounds like something we might need to do; however, i have >>> noticed that when we run into the issue, we just need to kill the >>> webcatalog process ( OS X ), and the other process will restart it... >>> so i wonder if we just need to do that once every day in the am... >>> On Apr 28, 2008, at 7:51 PM, Brian B. Burton wrote: >>>> i know it's old fashioned, but i have a script that reboots my >>>> severs every day at 5:15AM EST. Nice and safe, never a problem. >>>> Never, and i mean not once have I had a customer complain. (seems >>>> they are busy sleeping, hmm, well timed on my part ) Problem >>>> solved :) >>>> >>>> BBB >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Apr 28, 2008, at 5:16 PM, Karl Schroll wrote: >>>> >>>>> Besides discussing legal remedies off this list, has anyone come up >>>>> with a way to fix these every 72-hour or so hiccups? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>>> the mailing list . >>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>>> >>>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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