Topic: SME56 expand-template error

[Steve Bush]

I finally got around to upgrading my SME5.0 server to SME5.6U4.  I am now getting an error when trying to use expand-template.  I performed a new install and restored from backup.

Here is the error:
/sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/printcap
Odd number of elements in hash assignment at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/db.pm line 288.
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/DB/db/Record.pm line 132.

Anyone had this error or know how to fix it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Michael Soulier]

Steve Bush wrote:
>
> I finally got around to upgrading my SME5.0 server to
> SME5.6U4.  I am now getting an error when trying to use
> expand-template.  I performed a new install and restored from
> backup.

Move any custom templates that you may have. Then,

/sbin/e-smith/signal-event post-upgrade
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot

When you're done, try slowly adding your custom templates back. A great deal was changed from 5.0.

Mike

[Steve Bush]

I moved my custom templates out of the etc directory structure, initiated a post-upgrade and reboot.  The problem is still there.
I am guessing it has something to do with a db configuration property, but I'm not sure where to look first.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated....

Thanks,

Steve

[Michael Soulier]

Steve Bush wrote:
>
> I moved my custom templates out of the etc directory
> structure, initiated a post-upgrade and reboot.  The problem
> is still there.
> I am guessing it has something to do with a db configuration
> property, but I'm not sure where to look first.

First of all, lets make sure our servers look the same.

[root@rabbit root]# cd /etc/e-smith/templates/etc/printcap/
[root@rabbit printcap]# ls
00example  05printer  template-begin  template-end
[root@rabbit printcap]# ll
total 16
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          260 Apr 11  2002 00example
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         1210 Apr 11  2002 05printer
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          400 Apr 11  2002 template-begin
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          140 Apr 11  2002 template-end

Is this what you see?

Also look for printers in your accounts db.

[root@rabbit printcap]# grep printer /home/e-smith/accounts
hpdj812c=printer|Address||Description|HP Deskjet 812C|Location|lp0|RemoteName|
printers=system

You went from 5.0 to 5.6? I don't think we have migration code for that, so it's most likely your accounts db file.

Mike

[Steve Bush]

Thanks for the help. The printcap directory has the same files and directories as the ones you showed.  The printers appear correct in the db file.  I must note that any template I try to expand gives me the same error.  I will go through the keys one by one with another SME5.6u4 server that I have until I find the descrepancy.  I'll report what I find here.

[Steve Bush]

Okay, I fixed the problem.
I had created a user "administrator".
For some reason when I deleted that particular user,
I was able to expand-templates.