Topic: Access to Server-Manager - SOLVED

[Bud]

hope you guys can help

i have updated some servers from 7.4 to 7.5

i can vpn into the servers with no problems

using ie and or firefox browsers

however after i vpn to the servers, when i try to https://smeserverIP/server-manager the browser takes forever and then just displays nothing
when i do a http://smeserverIP/webapp the browser works fine and connects to the app ( notice the web app does not use https )
even if i try to https://smeserverIP/webmail i cannot connect to the horde webmail client (this is via vpn)

however when i disconnect the vpn, i can browse and connect to webmail eg: https://smedyndns/webmail

any idea why http works for some applications via vpn (that don't require https) yet i cannot get into server-manager via vpn

it seems only when i vpn to the servers then i cannot connect to server-manager or any other app that requires an https connection

when i am on the lan everything works fine

what do i do with say my firefox browser security settings ?
is there a new security issue i need to look at ? ( certification ?? )

[mmccarn]

It sounds like you may be running into http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5982

It looks like the instructions in comment 35 should update the modules required to get your vpn working again.

[Bud]

mmccarn thanks so much for the link

did as it recommends at http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5982#c35

using putty i logged on the server then at the shell

rpm -e --noscripts --nodeps --allmatches \
    kmod-slip kmod-slip-smp \
    kmod-ppp kmod-ppp-smp \
    kmod-appletalk kmod-appletalk-smp
/etc/e-smith/events/actions/conf-modules
yum --enablerepo smeupdates-testing install \
    kmod-slip kmod-slip-smp \
    kmod-ppp kmod-ppp-smp \
    kmod-appletalk kmod-appletalk-smp

signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot

after the server reboot i logged onto the server via vpn

then https://smeip/server-manager and it all works fine

thanks again, much appreciated

long live sme