Topic: no more access to e-smith-manager web interface

[Michel Jung]

Hello everyone

since two days I have the problem to NOT have any access to
http://e-smith-server-ip:980 etc. to administer the Server.

System E-Smith 4.1.2 with available updates
I know its not 5.5, but it has several changes like virus scanning, stunnel for mail and profiles in productive use so its not an easy update possible.
 
The last action seems to be a group creation to use as a mailing list. May be a problem with too many groups?
I read many articles and its not the knows chmod problem of directories in /home/e-smith/web.

The log /var/log/httpd/admin_error_log shows
"... [error] access to /etc/e-smith/web/panels/maels/manager/html failed for 127.0.0.1, reason: AuthExtern pwauth [/usr/lib/apache/pwauth]: Failed (255) for user admin"

127.0.0.1 is it because I'm connected through an ssl forward from external. Access to the manager panel from inside LAN and internal-ip results in the same error.

I already changed the password for the admin account its not the problem, I'm also able to access the admin e-smith console through the shell.

Any help is welcome
Michael Jung

[Lasse Johansson]

You've most prbably run into the infamous "group limit bug"...

Please read the following post:

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=12515.msg46989#msg46989

[Michel Jung]

Lasse Johansson wrote:
> You've most prbably run into the infamous "group limit bug"...
> Please read the following post:
> http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=12515.msg46989#msg46989

Yes, it was that group problem. Only different or more detailed description within the above cited board article:

In the two files
/etc/group
and
/etc/group-

I had to change the lines:
OLD: "www:x:101:"
NEW: "www:x:101:admin"

Thank you for your help and thanks to who posted the advice to solve the group limitation problem.

Michael Jung