Hi Folks,
After a (failed CPU fan induced) kernel panic & power cycle we've lost local mail delivery and external browser functionality to the server admin. The crash recovery appeared minor - a few inodes corrected, the server popped up and initially we thought there were no problems. But new mail didn't arrive and the users are getting tetchy.
The two problems may not be related - but I've been trolling the archives and comparing files/rights/ownwerships/configs to other SME servers we look after and haven't spotted a cause yet.
** local delivery **
qmail-lspawn (I assume) is logging the following to /var/log/qmail/current
@4000000042c8d38c32532fb4 starting delivery 434: msg 1081590 to local alias-localdelivery-a@b.c
@4000000042c8d38c325356c4 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20
@4000000042c8d38c3277bf14 delivery 434: deferral: Unable_to_run_/bin/sh:_access_denied._(#4.3.0)/
@4000000042c8d38c3277de54 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
Needless to say /bin/sh and bash are fine and normal. But there's no sign of qmail-local getting up to do its work.
** server admin **
The main page comes up fine, but any selection on the left panel menu results in the main panel coming up with the "Internal Server Error" message.
/var/log/http/admin-error is logging....
[Mon Jul 4 18:02:18 2005] [error] (13)Permission denied: exec of /etc/e-smith/web/panels/manager/cgi-bin/pleasewait failed
[Mon Jul 4 18:02:18 2005] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature end of script headers: /etc/e-smith/web/panels/manager/cgi-bin/pleasewait
Again, pleasewait looks normal.
If I access the server mananger from a ssh/lynx session - it works fine. I presume this handles the frames differently ... not sure if knowing that helps?
Any suggestions on what to look for next would be most appreciated.
TIA, Bill
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