Archive for June, 2008

OK, so this went painfully … very painfully. Let me reiterate … I flipping HATE H-Sphere and refused to pay $70+ for a service incident that shouldn’t happen because their crew didn’t do their homework with testing and didn’t provide a “here’s what to do if things go wrong” section.

Followed the instructions here.

Did a cpupdate and received this error:

> Temporary directory = [ /var/hsphere/update/U31.0.18078 ]
> Current directory === [ /root ]
> Extracting …
=================================================================
+ UPDATE TO U31.0 2008-06-28.12:03
=================================================================
/var/hsphere/update/U31.0.18078
+ Executing …
########################################
=================================================================
+ COMMAND=’cpupdate’
=================================================================

__ Update physical boxes.
|
|– Current CP version: 3.0.828
|– Current CP Postgres version: 7.4.19.
|
|– Update of CP box started.
| |– Install local package updater.
| |– Update cp box related software.
| | |– Sat Jun 28 12:03:27 EDT 2008
| | |– Downloading pkglist (64.131.90.141).
| | | |– 100% 88,482 –.–K/s
| | | `– Downloaded pkglist.
| | |– Downloading subpkglist (64.131.90.141).
| | | |– 100% 4,700 –.–K/s
| | | `– Downloaded subpkglist.
| | |
| | |– Identifying required packages.
| | |– OS: CentOS release 4.6 (Final).
| | |– Perl version: 5.8.5.
| | |– CP Postgres version: 7.4.19.
| | |– Downloading hsphere-info-1-14.rpm (64.131.90.141).
| | | |– 100% 93,483 334.84K/s
| | | `– Downloaded hsphere-info-1-14.rpm.
| | |– Installing hsphere-info-1-14 package.
| | | |– Checked system configuration files.
| | | |– Formed ips and interface files.
| | | |– Additional MANPATH entries checked.
| | | |– TimeZone files checked.
| | | |– H-Sphere related cron tasks added.
| | |– Downloading hsphere-utils-1-8.rpm (64.131.90.141).
| | | |– 100% 2,163,621 3.48M/s
| | | `– Downloaded hsphere-utils-1-8.rpm.
| | |– Installing hsphere-utils-1-8 package.
| | | `–Installing hsphere-utils-1-8 package.
| | |
| | |– Check whether logical servers are completely configured.
| | | |– List of identified logical servers: dns, cp.
| | | `– Check whether logical servers are completely configured.
| | |
| | |– Check required system packages.
| | | `– Check required system packages.
| | |
| | |– Check/download pre-install hsphere core package list.
| | | |– Downloading hsphere-sudo-1.6.9p14-1.rpm (64.131.90.141).
| | | | |– 100% 131,287 –.–K/s
| | | | `– Downloaded hsphere-sudo-1.6.9p14-1.rpm.
| | | |– hsphere-script-runner-1-10.rpm with the same md5sum exist.
| | | |– hsphere-oscommerce-2.2ms2-3.rpm with the same md5sum exist.
| | | |– hsphere-phpBB-2.0.22-1.rpm with the same md5sum exist.
| | | |– hsphere-jdk-1.5.0-13.rpm with the same md5sum exist.
| | | |– Downloading hsphere-cpanel-javart-3.1-904.rpm (64.131.90.141).
| | | | |– 100% 24,017,794 2.10M/s ETA 00:00
| | | | `– Downloaded hsphere-cpanel-javart-3.1-904.rpm.
| | | |– Downloading hsphere-jakarta-6.0.14-0.rpm (64.131.90.141).
| | | | |– 100% 4,794,818 4.46M/s
| | | | `– Downloaded hsphere-jakarta-6.0.14-0.rpm.
| | | |– Downloading hsphere-cpanel-apache2-2.2.8-2.rpm (64.131.90.141).
| | | | |– 100% 2,107,508 2.75M/s
| | | | `– Downloaded hsphere-cpanel-apache2-2.2.8-2.rpm.
| | | |– Downloading hsphere-core-3.1-904.rpm (64.131.90.141).
| | | | |– 100% 12,229,070 3.62M/s ETA 00:00
| | | | `– Downloaded hsphere-core-3.1-904.rpm.
| | | |– hsphere-aspell-0.60.3-1.rpm with the same md5sum exist.
| | | |– hsphere-oscommerce-2.2ms2-3.rpm with the same md5sum exist.
| | | |– hsphere-phpBB-2.0.22-1.rpm with the same md5sum exist.
| | | |– postgresql-libs-7.4.19-1.rpm with the same md5sum exist.
| | | |– postgresql-7.4.19-1.rpm with the same md5sum exist.
| | | |– postgresql-server-7.4.19-1.rpm with the same md5sum exist.
| | | |– postgresql-contrib-7.4.19-1.rpm with the same md5sum exist.
| | | |– Downloading hsphere-config-pgsql-1.1-5.rpm (64.131.90.141).
| | | | |– 100% 10,185 –.–K/s
| | | | `– Downloaded hsphere-config-pgsql-1.1-5.rpm.
| | | |– hsphere-sudo-1.6.9p14-1.rpm with the same md5sum exist.
| | | |– hsphere-script-runner-1-10.rpm with the same md5sum exist.
| | | `– Check/download pre-install hsphere core package list.
| | |
| | |– Check presence of the deprecated hsphere packages.
| | | `– Check presence of the deprecated hsphere packages.
| | |
| | |– Deleting deprecated hsphere packages.
| | | |– Deleting hsphere-apache-1.3.37-6 package.
| | | | `– hsphere-apache-1.3.37-6 package deleted.
| | | |– Deleting hsphere-cpanel-apache-1.3.41-1 package.
| | | | `– hsphere-cpanel-apache-1.3.41-1 package deleted.
| | | |– Deleting hsphere-php4-4.4.4-2 package.
| | | | `– hsphere-php4-4.4.4-2 package deleted (nodeps).
| | | |– Deleting hsphere-php4-plugins-4.4.4-2 package.
| | | | `– hsphere-php4-plugins-4.4.4-2 package deleted.
| | | |– Deleting hsphere-php5-5.2.0-1 package.
| | | | `– hsphere-php5-5.2.0-1 package deleted (nodeps).
| | | |– Deleting hsphere-php5-plugins-5.2.0-1 package.
| | | | `– hsphere-php5-plugins-5.2.0-1 package deleted.
| | | `– Deleting deprecated hsphere packages.
| | |
| | |– Check/Installing pre-install hsphere core package list.
| | | |– Deleting hsphere-sudo-1.6.9p6-1 package.
| | | | `– hsphere-sudo-1.6.9p6-1 package deleted (nodeps).
| | | |– Installing hsphere-sudo-1.6.9p14-1 package.
| | | | `–Installing hsphere-sudo-1.6.9p14-1 package.
| | | |– Deleting hsphere-cpanel-javart-3.0-828 package.
| | | | `– hsphere-cpanel-javart-3.0-828 package deleted.
| | | |– Installing hsphere-cpanel-javart-3.1-904 package.
| | | | |– removing redundant jar files
| | | | `–Installing hsphere-cpanel-javart-3.1-904 package.
| | | |– Deleting hsphere-jakarta-5.5.16-0 package.
| | | | `– hsphere-jakarta-5.5.16-0 package deleted (nodeps).
| | | |– Installing hsphere-jakarta-6.0.14-0 package.
| | | | |– Existing cpanel user changed.
| | | | |– *** Conversion has not been done. ***
| | | | `–Installing hsphere-jakarta-6.0.14-0 package.
| | | |– Installing hsphere-cpanel-apache2-2.2.8-2 package.
| | | | |– Temporary certificate assigned self-signed CA Certificate created.
| | | | |– Cpanel apache started.
| | | | `– hsphere-cpanel-apache2-2.2.8-2 package installed.
| | | |– Deleting hsphere-core-3.0-828 package.
| | | | `– hsphere-core-3.0-828 package deleted.
| | | |– Installing hsphere-core-3.1-904 package.
| | | | |– Existing cpanel user changed.
| | | | |– Existing cpanel user changed.
| | | | `–Installing hsphere-core-3.1-904 package.
| | | |– Deleting postgresql-libs-7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 package.
| | | | `– postgresql-libs-7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 package deleted (nodeps).
| | | |– Deleting postgresql-7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 package.
| | | | `– postgresql-7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 package deleted (nodeps).
| | | |– Deleting postgresql-server-7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 package.
| | | | `– postgresql-server-7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 package deleted (nodeps).
| | | |– Deleting postgresql-contrib-7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 package.
| | | | `– postgresql-contrib-7.4.19-1.el4_6.1 package deleted.
| | | |– Deleting hsphere-config-pgsql-1.1-4 package.
| | | | `– hsphere-config-pgsql-1.1-4 package deleted.
| | | |– Installing hsphere-config-pgsql-1.1-5 package.
| | | | |– **** Can not find startup file.
| | | | `– hsphere-config-pgsql-1.1-5 package installed.
| | | |– Deleting hsphere-sudo-1.6.9p6-1 package.
| | | | `– *** hsphere-sudo-1.6.9p6-1 package deletion error! For more details see /hsphere/pkg/updates/U31.0//U31.0/update_28.06.08_12_03.log file (209.173.159.100) ***
| | |
| | |– Sat Jun 28 12:07:21 EDT 2008 (update time: 3 min, 54 sec)
| | `– *** Update cp box related software problems ***.
=================================================================
+ COMMAND=’cpupdate’
=================================================================

__ Update physical boxes.
|
|– Current CP version: 3.1.904
`– *** CP Postgres version: authentication access problem! ***
=================================================================
+ COMMAND=’x’
=================================================================
+ Cleaning …
+ Finished

Well, that didn’t work, so lets just try it again:

=================================================================
+ COMMAND=’cpupdate’
=================================================================

__ Update physical boxes.
|
|– Current CP version: 3.1.904
`– *** CP Postgres version: authentication access problem! ***
=================================================================
+ COMMAND=’x’
=================================================================
+ Cleaning …
+ Finished

Unfortunately, searching the Internet and H-Sphere’s site turned up nothing helpful on the issue except this thread … which didn’t match my situation and didn’t have anything in it except telling me to buy a new support request.

So since I refuse to pay for something I’ve already paid for, here’s the solution to fix it for the rest of you:

rpm -qa |grep postgresql |xargs rpm -e –nodeps
rpm -Uvh /hsphere/pkg/postgresql*19*.rpm
rpm -Uvh –force /hsphere/pkg/hsphere-config-pgsql-1.1-5.rpm

Then back into the H-Sphere updater:

sh /hsphere/U31.0
cpupdate

And the peasants rejoice … until they try to SSH in. The stupid jaild package that’s provided is busted in so may ways. The easiest solution is to just edit /etc/passwd to a real shell location; however, you’ll give up security to make this happen so I’ll leave the choice to you.

Update 07/12/2008:
Fixed the jaild issue. Apparently, when you do the update, if ANY user is logged in and has an actively running process (yes, I tried it multiple ways) … the jail setup fails oddly and doesn’t allow ANY user to log into the system. The solution? Boot all the users off the box:

/etc/init.d/sshd stop
killall sshd

Reconfig the jaild:

/hsphere/local/config/jail/scripts/config_jail

H-sphere’s attempt here

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Posted by Wyatt on 28 June 2008 at 12:17 pm under Rants.
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Screw people who talk about work in the damned restroom. When I go in there, I don’t want to hear about how your crap isn’t getting done while I’m trying head natures call. It’s rude, it’s annoying, and I’m fairly certain that if you talk about your work around where people take a shit, it will make your work shittier. And you know what else? Screw you even more for standing the middle of the door way while you talk about whatever is just so damned important it can’t wait 10 secs for some to take a piss.

Screw you. Screw you right in the ear.

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Posted by Wyatt on 19 June 2008 at 3:57 pm under Rants.
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I don’t usually like to just copy and paste from other people’s sites; however, I think I’ll make an exception for this one given what I’ve been working on recently. At work, I’ve volunteered to write a process improvement for the design and development of web-based user interfaces and I have to say, this sums it up quite appropriately.

Originally from Tapestry Central
Or: Why I hate web stuff

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Posted by Wyatt on 6 June 2008 at 6:24 pm under Rants.
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This really isn’t for anyone else other than myself. I’m sick and tired of having to look up all the vim commands to put in my .vimrc file every time I build/logon to a new system. Maybe you’ll get some joy out of the comments. Here it is:

” enable syntax highlighting because it’s pretty and useful and it should be on by effing default!!!
syntax on

” show the current cursor position in the bottom right cause i can’t count lines for crap
set ruler

” show incomplete command in the lower right corner for when i forget insane vim commands
set showcmd

” allow backspace to work and not annoy the ever living crap out of me
set backspace=1

” jump to matching [({ thingys. sometimes i like this, sometimes i don’t
set showmatch

” show search matches as you type because i’m generally looking for mis-speeellings
set incsearch

” make the mouse enabled at all times because i like being able to paste crap in
set mouse=a

” makes Vim use the indent of the previous line for a newly created line otherwise i can’t read my own code
set autoindent

” i don’t know what this is, but if it makes my code smarter, i want to use it
set smartindent

” highlight search results so you can actually find what you’re looking for
set hlsearch

” lots of fun stuff for specific files
filetype plugin indent on

” allow the EOL to be backspaced over cause i like getting the previous line too
set backspace=2

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Posted by Wyatt on 3 June 2008 at 2:58 pm under Rants, Technology.
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