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| − | ==Frequently Asked Questions==
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| − | This Section lists ''Frequently Asked Questions'' (FAQ) for SME 7. Problems many people run into installing SME 7 for the first time or upgrading to later versions are found here.
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| − | If your question isn't listed here, it's possible it's a ''Rarely Asked Question'' (RAQ), in which case you'll be better off searching for answers in [http://bugs.contribs.org Bugzilla].
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| − | ===Reconfigure / post-upgrade and reboot===
| + | This Section lists ''Frequently Asked Questions'' (FAQ) for SME server. Problems many people run into installing SME server for the first time or upgrading to later versions are found here. |
| − | *When is a post-upgrade and reboot required?
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| − | The server manager yum installer has no way of determining whether
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| − | any configuration files will change if all are re-expanded or to know which
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| − | binaries have changed (or use libraries which have now changed) and therefore
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| − | need to be restarted. The only '''safe''' option is to reconfigure and restart
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| − | everything.
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| − | After clicking '''Reconfigure''' check the Status message and that the server does actually reboot.
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| − | Rarely circumstances arise that prevent the reconfigure from triggering. If so run the following,
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| − | signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot
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| − | === Which repositories should be enabled===
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| − | You should have the following repositories enabled (blue)
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| − | CentOS
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| − | CentOS - updates
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| − | SME Server - addons
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| − | SME Server - OS
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| − | SME Server - updates.
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| − | DO NOT enable '''SME Server - updates testing''' which is considered beta, unless
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| − | * it is a TEST server NOT a production server or
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| − | * you want to be part of a bug-testing group.
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| − | Additionally
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| − | * '''SME Server - test''' is considered alpha
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| − | * '''SME Server - dev''' contains automatically built rpms. It contains lots of experimental,
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| − | incomplete and mutually incompatible packages.
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| − | {{Warning box|msg=If upgrading from a system prior to 7.1.1 (7.1 update 1) you need to ensure you have the latest
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| − | smeserver-support and smeserver-yum prior to applying the rest of the updates.
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| − | The current situation is that you will pull in updates from centos that may be
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| − | ahead of the distribution.}}
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| − | {{DrawBoxNote|content=A system installed from the SME 7.1 iso will have the 5 repositories above enabled. A system installed from the SME 7.0 iso and updated to 7.1 or later will only have the 3 SME Server repositories enabled. After updating from SME 7.0 to SME 7.1.x you should enable the additional repositories in server-manager, or manually using:
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| − | db yum_repositories setprop base status enabled
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| − | db yum_repositories setprop updates status enabled
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| − | expand-template /etc/yum.conf
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| − | ===Client Computers===
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| − | *Samba trust relationships lost?
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| − | This is a possible bug with an upgrade from SME6. After an upgrade, local workstations cannot log in. If you are experiencing this problem, please have a look at this bug for a fix, and provide followup:
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| − | [[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1234009&group_id=96750&atid=615772]]
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| − | *Windows XP Clients - Patch to logon to SME domain
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| − | This patch can be used when Windows XP clients won't be able to log on to the SME Server domain. The registry patch is located here:
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| − | http://servername/server-resources/regedit/winxplogon.reg
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| − | Double click on the winxplogon.reg file and the settings will be added to the Windows Registry.
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| − | *How to disable password caching on Windows 95/98/ME/2000 Clients?
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| − | This patch can be used if you don't want Windows clients to remember password for shared folders on SME Server. The registry patch is located here: http://servername/server-resources/regedit/win98pwdcache.reg
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| − | Just double click on the win98pwdcache.reg file and the settings will be added to the Windows Registry.
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| − | '''Note'''
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| − | Although the filename seems to indicate that this patch will only work for Windows 98, but it also works in Windows 95, Windows ME and Windows 2000.
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| − | *LDAP Directory Gives MAPI_E_CALL_FAIL Errors on Outlook 2002 or Outlook 2003
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| − | In Outlook 2002 or 2003 when someone tries to find a contact using the LDAP server, a message stating that "Unavailable critical extension" and then a second message saying "The search could not be completed. MAPI_E_CALL_FAIL" shows up and nothing shows up from the search. The directory works beautifully in Thunderbird 1.5 as well as Outlook 2000, but not 2002 or 2003. More information can be found here:[[http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555536&sd=rss&spid=2559]] [[http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1406]]
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| − | *Where is the netlogon directory?
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| − | The netlogon directory is located on the SMESERVER at: /home/e-smith/files/samba/netlogon
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| − | It can also be found by a client computer at: \\servername\netlogon
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| − | ===Email settings===
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| − | {{DrawBoxNote|content=Please refer to the Email Howto: http://wiki.contribs.org/Email}}
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| − | ===Firewall/Port Forwarding,Opening,Blocking===
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| − | *How do I configure the firewall?
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| − | The server manager is the GUI front end for the firewall. The firewall is modified automatically in response to changes you make in the configuration, such as enabling/disabling services, marking them public/private, forwarding ports, etc. If you wish to make changes beyond those provided for by the server manager, you can do so by providing custom templates
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| − | *How do I allow public access to a service I've added to SME Server 7?
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| − | The procedure has changed and is now much simpler in SME Server 7. For this example the service you have installed is called 'manta' and 'nnn' is the TCP port number that needs to be opened. Watch your capitalization with the command below:
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| − | config set manta service access public status enabled TCPPort nnn
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| − | For UDP services, use UDPPort instead of TCPPort.
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| − | Note that you can also set restrictions with AllowHosts and DenyHosts:
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| − | config setprop manta AllowHosts 1.2.3.4,10.11.12.0/24
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| − | config setprop manta DenyHosts 16.17.18.18
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| − | Then, to activate, do:
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| − | signal-event remoteaccess-update
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| − | *I want to block traffic from some ip-addresses to my server on some port.
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| − | config setprop httpd-e-smith DenyHosts a.b.c.d,w.x.y.z
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| − | signal-event post-upgrade
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| − | signal-event reboot
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| − | *I want to have two WAN addresses; one for the SMESERVER and another that needs to be treated like a "Local Network". I can't set any address from the WAN subnet as a "Local Network".
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| − | This is intended behaviour as SMESERVER is secure by design. If you need to do something like this, you should know what you are doing and understand what to poke under the covers.
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| − | ===Web Applications===
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| − | *chmod 777
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| − | Using 777 is always wrong (despite the fact that many howtos recommend it). 0770 is sufficient, as long as www is a member of the group owning the directory, and is safer.
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| − | Use chown www /path/to/dir <br />
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| − | and preferably put your app in /opt/app not in an ibay
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| − | *Wasn't mod_perl installed in previous versions? How do I install it?
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| − | It may have been, but it was not used so it is no longer included. If you do want to install it do the following:
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| − | '''Note'''
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| − | The commands on a linux shell are case-sensitive, this means that Capital is not the same as capital.
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| − | yum install mod_perl
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| − | config setprop modPerl status enabled
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| − | signal-event post-upgrade ; signal-event reboot
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| − | *The directory structure is visible. How do I disable indexes in ibays?
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| − | SME Server 6.0, 6.0.1, and 6.5 all had the following for the ibays/html directory - "Options Indexes Includes". This would indicate that indexes were allowed for html directories. In SME Server 7.0 this is made a parameter and it defaults to enabled to be compatible with SME Server releases before SME Server 7.0 installations.
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| − | To disable indexes for an ibay in SME Server 7.0 do the following:
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| − | db accounts setprop //ibayname// Indexes disabled
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| − | signal-event ibay-modify //ibayname//
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| − | This issue was first reported here:
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| − | [[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=615772&aid=1275351&group_id=96750]]
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| − | *I need to create (or install) a PHP application that needs access to the /tmp directory.
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| − | db accounts setprop ibayname PHPBaseDir /tmp/:/home/e-smith/files/ibays/ibayname/
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| − | signal-event ibay-modify ibayname
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| − | By default if you have PHP code in an IBAY, it can only run in that IBAY. The above commands will allow PHP code in the IBAY to run outside of its installed directory.
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| − | Here is a list of all the IBAY specific settings: [[http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Technical_Manual:Booklet#Apache_server_ibay_specific_.28httpd-e-smith.29]]
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| − | ===Reset the root and admin password===
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| − | 1. Restart your server and at the beginning of the boot-up use the arrow keys to select the kernel you would like to boot into.
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| − | 2. Press A , to allow you to append parameters to your grub boot settings.
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| − | 3. Be careful not to change anything, only add the following after the A (Be sure to put a space before single):
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| − | single
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| − | 4. Press enter. you will be presented with a prompt.
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| − | 5. At this prompt type the following two commands (each followed by a return). You will be asked to provide a new password.
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| − | Reset both your root and your admin password and set them to the same value:
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| − | passwd root
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| − | passwd admin
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| − | Reboot your server and everything should be okay now.
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| − | ===File Size Limitations===
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| − | *Apache, the web server can only transfer or show files under 2G
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| − | ===Log Messages===
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| − | *Log message regarding permissions on /var/spool/qpsmtpd/
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| − | You may see messages similar to this in your log file:
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| − | @400000004326e9472eccc42c 3243 trying to get config for spool_dir
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| − | @400000004326e9472ed518fc 3243 Permissions on spool_dir /var/spool/qpsmtpd/ are not 0700
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| − | They can be safely ignored. Clamav runs under a different user and needs read access to the spool area to avoid copying the file.
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| − | [[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1314168&group_id=96750&atid=615772]]
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| − | *I get messages that look like: (pam_unix)[31705]: session opened for user root by (uid=0)
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| − | Most likely these messages coming from a package called SYSSTAT. The package was included in the previous versions of SMESERVER but were removed from the final version of V7. If you see the messages, most likely you had a previous version and upgraded. SYSSTAT isn't needed unless you have a contrib package called SME7ADMIN.
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| − | You can safely remove the package by:
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| − | yum remove sysstat
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| − | Please note that these messages may be caused by other cron jobs (tasks that run automatically) or packages authenticating as root.
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| − | *I get a message saying that: the RSA server certificate CommonName (CN)`servername.domainname.tld' does NOT match server name!
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| − | If you change the servername, you will be prompted to reboot. When you do, the SMESERVER will generate a certificate for the new servername-domainname combination and httpd.conf will now reference that new name. References to other virtual domains and hosts will generate warnings in the log.
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| − | *I get: server squid[3145]: WARNING: Disk space over limit: 148412 KB 102400 KB.
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| − | This message is just log noise. The message is informational and squid takes care of the issue itself.
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| − | *I get in the radius log: Info: Using deprecated naslist file. Support for this will go away soon.
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| − | This is just the radius daemon (a computer program that runs in the background, rather than under the direct control of a user) complaining about a file that exists in the directory. We don't use it.
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| − | *I get in the clamd log: Error: cli_untar: only standard TAR files are currently supported
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| − | Clam (the antivirus portion of SMESERVER) has found a file type which it can't deal with, and so is telling you that it can't scan that file.
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| − | Nothing to be concerned about. The fix, if any arrives, will come from the Clam team if they Determine this file format is worthy of their attention.
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| − | *I get in the smeserver-clamscan.log: LibClamAV Warning: Multipart/alternative MIME message contains no boundary header.
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| − | This is just log noise. Clamav is scanning badly formatted MIME mail.
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| − | ===Virtual Domains===
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| − | *When I create a VIRTUAL DOMAIN, I don't see anything listed in the HOSTNAMES AND ADDRESSES panel for that VIRTUAL DOMAIN.
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| − | For a virtual domain to be effective (for email or web), it needs to be configured as INTERNET DNS SERVERS (this is the default value). Since the domain resolves via INTERNET DNS SERVERS, no hostnames or addresses are created locally. For more info please visit the Administration Manual section regarding Domains: [[http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter13#Domains]]
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| − | ===Shell Access===
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| − | *I need to give a user shell access to the SMESERVER.
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| − | Shell access should only be provided to users who have a *need* for it and can be trusted. You can enable shell access for a user by:
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| − | db accounts setprop username Shell /bin/bash
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| − | chsh -s /bin/bash username
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| − | ===Upgrading===
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| − | *What's the best way to upgrade from previous versions?
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| − | An article is written for this subject. Please visit: http://wiki.contribs.org/UpgradeDisk
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| − | ===Users===
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| − | *I can't delete a user for some reason. What do I do now?
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| − | If for some reason you can't delete a user try:
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| − | signal-event user-delete <username>
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| − | db accounts delete <username>
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| − | *I was looking in the home directory of a user and I see a hidden directory called ".junkmail". Do I need that? Can I delete it?
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| − | Don't remove or rename .junkmail folders.
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| − | ===Yum===
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| − | *Yum doesn't seem to be working correctly. What do I do now?
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| − | If for some reason you can't get yum to work correctly, try:
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| − | yum clean metadata
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| − | or possibly 'yum clean all'
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| − | yum update
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| − | *Fix for 'Metadata file does not match checksum'
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| − | Typical error message
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| − | http://apt.sw.be/fedora/3/en/i386/dag/repodata/primary.xml.gz:
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| − | [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum Trying other mirror.
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| − | Error: failure: repodata/primary.xml.gz from dag: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
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| − | To flush the up stream proxies, using wget, run:
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| − | wget --cache=off http://apt.sw.be/fedora/3/en/i386/dag/repodata/filelists.xml.gz
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| − | wget --cache=off http://apt.sw.be/fedora/3/en/i386/dag/repodata/primary.xml.gz
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| − | wget --cache=off http://apt.sw.be/fedora/3/en/i386/dag/repodata/repomd.xml
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| − | yum update
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| − | *Also, see the warning about updating yum if you are running a version earler than SME 7.1.1
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| − | under [[SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ#Which_repositories_should_be_enabled|Which_repositories_should_be_enabled]]
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| − | * An unclean shutdown during a system update can put the system into a state where it's difficult to recover.
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| − | Try not to kick the power cord and use a UPS
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| − | * Where can I go to learn more about yum, and about how SME uses it?
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| − | [[:SME_Server:Documentation:Technical_Manual:Chapter6#Yum_Repositories]]
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| − | ===Hard Drives, RAID's, USB Hard Drives===
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| − | *How should I setup my hard-drives?
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| − | We never recommend anything other than a '''single disk install''' or '''multiple disks of the same type'''. Anything else and you are following an unrecommended setup and you will need to navigate for yourself. Repeat, we never recommend anything other than a '''single disk install''' or '''multiple disks of the same type'''. If you're thinking of doing anything else (setup your own partitions), read this section again.
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| − | *How should I setup my RAID?
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| − | A full article on RAID is found here: [[http://wiki.contribs.org/Raid]]
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| − | *I want to use a hardware RAID. What do you suggest?
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| − | Please see the notes in the RAID article: [[http://wiki.contribs.org/Raid#Raid_Notes]]
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| − | *I'm installing a RAID 5 but it seems to take a long time. Is there something wrong?
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| − | RAID 5 systems (those with 3+ disks) can take a long time during and after the install for everything to sync. Reportedly, it takes almost 2 hours before the disks finally finish syncing on 4 X 80GB disks.
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| − | *If I boot my SMESERVER with a USB hard drive attached, it recognizes the drive. However, after unplugging the drive, then replugging, it no longer exists. Any ideas why?
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| − | Reportedly, some external usb hd's must be completely powered up before connecting the usb cable.
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| − | ===Tape Backups===
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| − | *AIT-1 Backup: buffer unreliable
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| − | An AIT-1 is unreliable if used with variable block size. Set the setting
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| − | config setprop flexbackup TapeBlocksize 512
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| − | AIT-2, DAT and LTO seem to work well with variable block size.
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| − | *Slow tape backup performance may be improved by changing Flex backup settings
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| − | config setprop flexbackup Blocksize 256
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| − | config setprop flexbackup BufferMegs 16
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| − | ===Supervised Services===
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| − | *Many services on SME are supervised, to see which are type
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| − | ps ax |grep runsv
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| − | To control them read the sv manual
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| − | man sv
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| − | *it seems that "sv u http-e-smith" gives no errors, even if the service fails to restart, so you need to use "sv s httpd-e-smith" to check if it fails (example: due to a httpd.conf error)
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| − | This is just the way that runsv (part of the runit package) works. The "sv u http-e-smith"
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| − | only sends a message to runsv saying that we want the service to be up.
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| − | runsv then will keep trying to get the service running.
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| − | ==Known Problems==
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| − | This section is to be used to document problems that cannot or will not be fixed through development of SME7.
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| − | ===Backup/Restore===
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| − | *Using a combination of hardware and software compression for tape backup causes errors
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| − | You should use only one of software or hardware compression. Doing both may exercise bugs, and won't reduce the size of data on the tape - it is more likely to increase it.
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| − | [[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=615772&aid=1276860&group_id=96750]]
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| − | *Backup to desktop 4GB limit
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| − | As in previous versions of SME Server, the backup to desktop function has a limit of 4GB. It's not fixable until we know where the limit or limits are. All these components are involved in transferring the backup file, and at least one of them is truncating at 4GB: tar, perl, mod_proxy, apache, TCP stack, browser at desktop end. See this bug listing for details [[ Bugzilla:701 ]]
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| − | ===Hardware===
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| − | *Problem with NIC card or integrated NIC.
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| − | If your NIC card isn't working, replace it with a different one. If your integrated NIC isn't working, disabling onboard lan and inserting pci network card works.
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| − | Problem reports have been submitted with the following NIC's:
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| − | Realtek 8169 Ethernet is not recommended, The driver included in CentOS 4.1 is out of date and has problems.
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| − | Two identical Realtec nic's caused a kernal panic, Model unknown
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| − | Intel 82573L Gigabit Ethernet says the e1000 driver should work but doesn't
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| − | 3com 905 (Cyclone) Ethernet is not recommended, This card is not detected
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| − | D-Link DGE530T Rev-B1 on SME 7.1 does not work.
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| − | *Losing too many ticks
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| − | A kernel bug with Athlon64 processors may cause the system to run slowly, possibly fixed with a later kernel
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| − | *VGA problem with VIA EPIA board
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| − | Once the installer loads the VGA display loses sync and it is impossible to read what is being displayed. There is a workaround, see this bug report for details: [[ Bugzilla:236 ]]
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| − | *VIA EPIA CL1000 (dual LAN, single processor)
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| − | The smp kernal fails to boot - non-smp works like a charm...
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| − | *Slow Disk Format
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| − | Installing 2 discs as Primary and Secondary on the same IDE channel may cause
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| − | slow formatting and is not a very good idea because:<br>
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| − | 1-May hamper system performance.<br>
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| − | 2-Does not provide system redundancy if you loose the IDE channel.
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| − | *Why does my clock run too fast in SME Server under VMware?
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| − | If you are testing SME Server on VMware, you may notice the clock doen't keep time accurately. See this bug report for details and a possible fix.
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| − | [[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1303401&group_id=96750&atid=615772]]
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| − | *D-Link DFE 530TXS rev. A1 Ethernet adaptor not recognized (a.k.a. DL10050, Sundance)
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| − | Redhat doesn't support this ethernet adapter, so unfortunatly it won't work with SME7. See the Redhat Bugzilla entry below for more information.
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| − | [[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1359597&group_id=96750&atid=615772]]
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| − | [[https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=154349]]
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| − | *Boot failure after install if you have enabled hardware raid
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| − | There sometimes seem to be conflicts with the SME Server automatic software raid setup in combination with hardware raid. Disabling the hardware raid in your motherboard or controller card's bios is the suggested fix. See these bug reports for details:
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| − | [[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1286560&group_id=96750&atid=615772]]
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| − | [[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1304784&group_id=96750&atid=615772]]
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| − | *These motherboards may need a bios update
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| − | 2001 CUSI-M motherboard <br>
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| − | Tyan S2850G2N with AMD Opteron 160, BIOS update >= 112 <br>
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| − | *These motherboards are not supported
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| − | Intel board D946GZIS
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| − | Boards using a Dual Pentium Pro are unlikely to work
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| − | *Booting in SMP mode results in kernel panic with certain hardware
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| − | The combination of a 2MB Cache P4 3.0GHZ CPU, and a Giga-byte GA-81848P775-G (Intel 848P chipset) motherboard produces this problem. Other simialar hardware may be affected. If you encounter this problem, see this bug report for a workaround.
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| − | [[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=615772&aid=1325350&group_id=96750]]
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| − | *Legacy ~MegaRAID driver is no longer included
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| − | Certain raid cards that worked under SME Server 6, do not work under SME Server 7. Adapters with the following PCI vendor ID and device ID pairs are not supported by the megaraid_mbox driver: vendor, device = 0x101E, 0x9010; 0x101E, 0x9060; 0x8086, 0x1960. The lspci -n command can be used to display the IDs for adapters installed in a particular machine. Products with these IDs are known by (but not limited to) the following model names: Broadcom 5820, Dell PERC (dual-channel fast/wide SCSI) RAID controller, Dell PERC2/SC (single-channel Ultra SCSI) RAID controller, Dell PERC2/DC (dual-channel Ultra SCSI) RAID controller, Dell CERC (four-channel ATA/100) RAID controller, DRAC 1, ~MegaRAID 428, ~MegaRAID 466, ~MegaRAID Express 500, HP NetRAID 3Si and 1M. Both Dell and LSI Logic have indicated that they no longer support these models in the 2.6 kernel. As a result, these adapters are no longer supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 1, upon which SME Server 7 is based. See this bug listing for details, there is an unsupported workaround if needed:
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| − | [[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=615772&aid=1274199&group_id=96750]]
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| − | *aic7xxx driver hangs on installation boot
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| − | On some Compaq Proliant servers (specifically an ML370 G2), & possibly others, the aic7xxx driver will hang if there is nothing connected to the adaptor or if it is not terminated correctly. On most Proliants you can tell the BIOS to not allocate an IRQ to the device which effectively disables it; the ML370 G2 uses an AIC-7899 chip on the motherboard. This problem also exists in the ~CentOS 4.3 base. SME 6.0 loads fine which would seem to indicate that the newer driver in ~CentOS 4.3 can't handle the older system (this Proliant is probably 5 years old). [[Bugzilla:373]]
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| − | *Anaconda doesn't support >2Tb
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| − | Installing on large storage devices will take a significant amount of work. see [[Bugzilla:1963]]
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| − | *Older systems stop at reboot
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| − | This may be an issue from the older P2 and early P3 era BIOS'es but the problem may also occur on some newer chipsets, that don't follow the "specs" for power saving features. Also, this problem seems to be more prevalent in multi-CPU machines. Only a kernel change could provide a real fix to this issue.
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| − | For some motherboards, there may be a workaround by adding appropriate text to the grub config.
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| − | The addition of the noapic and acpi=off to etc/grub.conf might solve the problem of reboots failing.
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| − | *I'm burning the SMESERVER cd. When I check the md5sum on this burner, it returns an *incorrect* value. What gives?
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| − | Try a different cd burner. We've found in the past that some drives provide an extra garbage block when reading back the image. This results in an incorrect md5sum value.
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| − | *I'm trying to use an old tape drive with my SMESERVER but I can't get it working. What gives?
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| − | SMESERVER does not provide ide-tape (which is deprecated by Dell and RedHat).
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| − | *My Adaptec DPT raid controller is not migrated on upgrade. What gives?
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| − | The Adaptec DPT raid controller won't work for upgrades. However, the Adaptec DPT raid controller works on new installs. For details visit: [[http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=833]]
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| − | *I've loaded the SMESERVER into my hardware without problems. Now my SMESERVER freezes when I reboot. What gives?
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| − | Most likely this is a problem with the video card or sound card. The best fixes are to replace the video/sound card, disable the video/sound in the bios (if it's integrated on the motherboard) or remove the video/sound card altogether. Video/sound isn't needed on the SMESERVER and can be managed via the SERVER-MANAGER.
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| − | Please note that other hardware devices such as CD-ROM drives as well as mismatched IDE cables may cause a problem, (i.e. kernel panic on reboot after installation). For details, visit:[[http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=985]]
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| − | *My SMESERVER suddenly stopped working. I look in the log messages I see: kernel: ata1: command 0x35 timeout, stat 0x50 host_stat 0x1. Any ideas what could be causing this?
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| − | Most likely, this is either a hardware or BIOS problem or a kernel bug. It's very unlikely we can fix any of those. However, you can try editing /etc/grub/grub.conf. In this file, close to the top, you'll see the latest kernel. It looks like this:
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| − | kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL ro root=/dev/vg_primary/lv_root
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| − | Add "noapic" to the end. It should look like this:
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| − | kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL ro root=/dev/vg_primary/lv_root noapic
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| − | Then reboot. Hopefully the problem goes away.
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| − | *Is there a problem installing SMESERVER with my NFORCE motherboard?
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| − | Submitted reports claim that nForce boards based on the 410 or 430 chipset won't work [[http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1240]].
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| − | *Is there a problem installing SMESERVER with my ZIP drive?
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| − | Submitted reports claim that installing SMESERVER on a system with a ZIP drive won't work [[http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1348]].
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| − | *Is there a problem installing SMESERVER with my laptop?
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| − | SME Server has never supported laptop PCMCIA network adaptors. This being said, some possible workarounds have been identified in [[Bugzilla:1246]]
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| − | *SATA II drives
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| − | We suggest jumpering sata 300 drives to 150 until there is a newer kernel that supports them and/or the controllers better
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| − | ====Boot options for install====
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| − | For these problems, hold shift key at boot time, then when you see the 'boot:' prompt type:
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| − | *Install on i586 system (k6, via etc)
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| − | smei586
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| − | *Installation hangs and the last screen shown is "Welcome to SME Server".
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| − | sme ide=nodma
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| − | *Install on IBM IntelliStation M Pro stalls
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| − | sme acpi=off
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| − | *Intel DG965 Motherboards will not install
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| − | sme pci=nommconf acpi=off all-generic-ide
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| − | *SATA Driver installation error
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| − | sme acpi=off
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| − | ===Installation (not hardware related) & Initial Configuration===
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| − | *Why is there a delay after verifying administrator password?
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| − | There is a delay (2-5 seconds) after verifying administrator password. This is because the password is actually set and checked at this point. Everything else we wait until the script is done to perform any actions.
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| − | [[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=615772&aid=1264659&group_id=96750]]
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| − | *Use /server-manager, not /e-smith-manager
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| − | In previous versions, both aliases worked, but in SME Server 7 you must use /server-manager to access the server manager.
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| − | [[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=615772&aid=1275334&group_id=96750]]
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| | + | If your question isn't listed here, it's possible it's a ''Rarely Asked Question'' (RAQ), in which case you'll be better off searching for answers in [http://bugs.contribs.org Bugzilla]. |
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| − | *Why can the system not be named 'mail', 'ftp' or 'www'?
| + | {| style="color:red;background-color:#ffffcc;" |
| − | If you choose one of these for the hostmane of your server, the atalk (Appletalk) service will have errors and fail. See these bug listings for details:
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| − | [[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=615772&aid=1223012&group_id=96750]] [[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=615772&aid=1264588&group_id=96750
| + | Please see [[Help:Contents#How_to_get_a_wiki_account.3F|'''how to get a wiki account''']] |
| | + | |} |
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| − | *Why is there no option to create reinstallation disk?
| + | {{Tip box|[[SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ:booklet |One page FAQ Manual]] All the chapters on one page. This is a very large page !}} |
| − | There is no option to create a reinstallion disk during installation or later from the Administration section of the server-manager.
| + | {{Warning box|Many of the FAQ tips are for SME Server versions earlier than the current version of SME Server. Please verify that the FAQ is relevant to the version you are working with before applying any changes. The current released and only supported version is Koozali SME Server version 10.}} |
| − | This is intentional, since it required too much effort to keep it up-to-date as kernels change. The CD contains a rescue mode, which is a better environment for fixing problems, and a reinstall followed by a restore of the configuration works well without us supporting another method.
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| − | Additionally, the kernel has grown too large for a floppy plus initrd. Even Redhat installs no longer offer to create a boot floppy at install time.
| + | [[SME Server:Documentation:FAQ:Section01|Section 1 - Installation]] |
| − | More details can be found in [[Bugzilla:792]].
| + | * Installation Troubles |
| | + | * Yum Updates |
| | + | * Removing Software |
| | + | * Hardware Compatibility List |
| | + | * Client Computers |
| | + | * Web Applications |
| | + | * Reset the root and admin password |
| | + | * File Size Limitations |
| | + | * External DNS |
| | + | * Domains |
| | + | * Virus Scanning |
| | + | * Proxy Pass |
| | + | * Shell Access |
| | + | * Upgrading Server |
| | + | * Changing maximum Ibay, Account or Group name length |
| | + | * Deletion of Users Ibays Groups |
| | + | * Access denied to i-bay with newly created group |
| | + | * Change Password Users by command Line |
| | + | * Password Strength Checking |
| | + | * Hard Drives, RAID's, USB Hard Drives |
| | + | * Backups & Restores |
| | + | * Supervised Services |
| | + | * Server-Manager |
| | + | * Booting with SMP kernel after upgrade to version 7.2 from CD |
| | + | * Special Characters |
| | + | * Upstream proxy server configuration |
| | + | * Memory usage and limits |
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| | + | [[SME Server:Documentation:FAQ:Section02|Section 2 - Booting]] |
| | + | * Installation |
| | + | * Boot Options |
| | + | * More |
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| − | *4 disk install - md1 is raid1 and md2 is raid5
| + | [[SME Server:Documentation:FAQ:Section03|Section 3 - Log Files]] |
| − | Even if you have 4 (or more) disks, which are supported by your motherboard and ~CentOS, md1 is always set up as a 4 disk raid1. This is, because you can't boot off a raid-5. md1 is the boot partition and must either be non-raid or raid-1. md2 will be set up as a 4 disk raid5 as expected.
| + | * Access |
| − | More information can be found in [[Bugzilla:759]].
| + | * Logfile Names |
| | + | * Error Messages |
| | + | * RK Hunter Messages |
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| | + | [[SME Server:Documentation:FAQ:Section04|Section 4 - Email]] |
| | + | * Troubleshooting |
| | + | * Spam |
| | + | * Anti Virus |
| | + | * Email Clients |
| | + | * Server Settings |
| | + | * External Access |
| | + | * Imap |
| | + | * qpsmtpd |
| | + | * Internal Mail Servers |
| | + | * Secondary/Backup Mail Server Considerations |
| | + | * User accounts |
| | + | * Mail server on dynamic IP |
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| − | *Anaconda crash from rescue mode when starting network interfaces
| + | [[SME Server:Documentation:FAQ:Section05|Section 5 - Firewall]] |
| − | There is a problem with the installer and as networking is not essential for a rescue function it won't be fixed any time soon. [[Bugzilla:712]]
| + | * FAQs |
| | + | * DB Settings |
| | + | * Custom templates |
| | + | * Open Ports in Private Server/Gateway Mode |
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| | + | [[SME Server:Documentation:FAQ:Section06|Section 6 - MySQL]] |
| | + | * General |
| | + | * MySQL root password |
| | + | * Access MySQL from the local network |
| | + | * Access MySQL from a remote network |
| | + | * Create MySQL user(s) with access from other computers |
| | + | * Enable InnoDB engine |
| | + | * Administration |
| | + | * Optimizing MYSQL default settings |
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| − | *On first boot after installation, system name appears on terminal 1 while on terminal 2 and 3 it shows as "localhost". | + | [[SME Server:Documentation:FAQ:Section07|Section 7 - Later versions of applications]] |
| − | This is because the gettys on tty2 and tty3 are started before the configuration wizard runs, and therefore before the system name has been set. Also note that the correct system name is displayed after someone logs out from VT2 or VT3?)
| + | * Is xxx on SME Server still safe to run? |
| | + | * Can I install a later version of xxx |
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| | + | [[SME Server:Documentation:FAQ:Section08|Section 8 - Known Problems]] |
| | + | * Backup/Restore |
| | + | * Hardware |
| | + | * Installation (not hardware related) & Initial Configuration |
| | + | * Services |
| | + | * Packages |
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| − | *The installation gave an exception when trying to format already formatted disks.
| + | [[Category:SME Server]] |
| − | In some cases, you may have to manually wipe re-used disks.
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