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OSU won't startup - Proxy problem?

 
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Willem Grooters
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OSU won't startup - Proxy problem?

I have a problem with starting OSU on a new system, and I think it has to do with DECNet and proxies.
The system is very basic (just for testing), VMS 7.3-2, DECNet-Plus and TCPIP 5.3,m stanalone; the only real diference is that the files concering authorisation (SYSUAF, RIGHTSLIST, NETPROXY and NET$PROXY) need to reside off the system disk. Redefining the system logicals for these files is done in SYLOGICALS.COM (after the disk on which they reside has been mounted), and the system has rebooted.

After that, I installed OSU (3.8, since my customers use that version) following the book on Webservers on VMS. The test ran Ok. After that, I created a user and proxies (OSU_38) and attempted a start of the server. But that fails. I also tried specifying the passowrd (should not be needed) and that fails as well, but different.
Given that output, I suspect that the proxies are not used, for some reason. But none of the files on their usual location - on the system disk, are open.

Details on the installation and results are mentioned in the attachement.

Is there anything I missed?

(I tried the OSU mailing list, it's not off-line (mail isn't rejected) but it seems no longer active????)
Willem Grooters
OpenVMS Developer & System Manager
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Wim Van den Wyngaert
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Re: OSU won't startup - Proxy problem?

Willem,

The accounting record says that the remote id is OTWILLEM. For this user you didn't setup a proxy.
You have to login as OSU_38 to use the proxy or add another one.

Wim
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Wim Van den Wyngaert
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Re: OSU won't startup - Proxy problem?

And I think the script is not able to handle parameters that contain spaces.

Wim
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Willem Grooters
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Re: OSU won't startup - Proxy problem?

I thought about that but it doesn't help, see attachement.

What use would a password be? That's what proxies are all about, isn't it?
Willem Grooters
OpenVMS Developer & System Manager
Kris Clippeleyr
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Re: OSU won't startup - Proxy problem?

Wim,
I think there's something wrong with the proxies. On our systems with the OSU webserver, we run it under WWW_SERVER, and have the following proxies:

$ mc authorize
UAF> show/prox *::www_server

Default proxies are flagged with (D)

VMS02::WWW_SERVER
WWW_SERVER (D) SYSTEM

LOCAL:.VMS02::WWW_SERVER
WWW_SERVER (D) SYSTEM
UAF>

Hope this helps.
Kris (aka Qkcl)
I'm gonna hit the highway like a battering ram on a silver-black phantom bike...
Wim Van den Wyngaert
Honored Contributor

Re: OSU won't startup - Proxy problem?

Intrusion active ?
Which decnet ? Default settings for session control ?

Wim
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Wim Van den Wyngaert
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Re: OSU won't startup - Proxy problem?

Or try to setup a proxy using *::user
to see if it has something to do with node naming servers.

Wim
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Willem Grooters
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Re: OSU won't startup - Proxy problem?

Proxy problem - that's my idea.
Kris, I added a few that make sense but it doesn't help at all. Same problem, no matter what.
Wim, DECNetPlus - VERY basic. I just configured name translation (MOMAIN,LOCAL), and done nothing more than that. See attachement for your question.
Willem Grooters
OpenVMS Developer & System Manager
Wim Van den Wyngaert
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Re: OSU won't startup - Proxy problem?

Willem,

In accountng I see
Remote full name: 1025

On mynode (no DNS) I see LOCAL:.NODE.

Is that normal ? Should the proxy not mention that number ? Did you try the *::us ?

Wim
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Willem Grooters
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Re: OSU won't startup - Proxy problem?

Added *::osu_38 osu_38/default - no change
Added *::system osu_38 and *::otwillem osu_38.

Now the server starts, but I still have to find out what caused it: the SYSTEM entry or my own. I don't like the wildcard idea but for the moment, I can live with it.

Next question: how to find out what is the RIGHT entry I should add?
Willem Grooters
OpenVMS Developer & System Manager