<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Well since no-one has any ideas I think I am going to re-install and try RHEL 4.7 even though there are supposedly people out there that can get systems registered on RHEL 5.2. Wish me luck.......... <hr id="stopSpelling">From: stevevargo@hotmail.com To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Subject: RE: [Spacewalk-list] register systems Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:23:50 -0500 <style> .ExternalClass .EC_hmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.EC_hmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} </style> This is the only thing that looks suspicious: from /var/log/httpd/error_log on the spacewalk server [Tue Feb 17 13:11:20 2009] [error] [client 172.30.217.20] File does not exist: /var/www/html/XMLRPC [Tue Feb 17 13:11:20 2009] [error] [client 172.30.217.20] RHN::Exception: Tried to read 122 bytes from rpc request, but only could read 0\n PXT::Request /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/PXT/Request.pm 527 RHN::Exception::throw\n PXT::Request /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/PXT/Request.pm 541 PXT::Request::xml_body\n PXT::ApacheHandler /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/PXT/ApacheHandler.pm 396 PXT::Request::rpc_params\n PXT::ApacheHandler /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/PXT/ApacheHandler.pm 67 PXT::ApacheHandler::initialize_pxt\n main -e 0 PXT::ApacheHandler::handler\n main -e 0 (eval)\n I brought up this point on a post back on 2-5-09 find / -name XMLRPC /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/XMLRPC /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Apache/XMLRPC /usr/share/doc/perl-SOAP-Lite-0.710.08/examples/XMLRPC I was told by Miroslav Suchy that <style> .ExternalClass .EC_hmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.EC_hmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} </style>"It is apache handler defined in /etc/rhn/satellite-httpd/conf/rhn/xmlrpc.conf. No such file exist." No other logs have any additional information on the server. **Note the above is when I run rhn_register. When I run rhnreg_ks --serverUrl=https://spacewalk.company.com/XMLRPC --activationkey=9b96b0f4a6a16ec24aeecb9ad191ed90 I get the following in /var/log/up2date on the client and nothing on the server. [Tue Feb 17 13:20:49 2009] up2date Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/rhnreg_ks", line 267, in ? cli.run() File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhncli.py", line 65, in run sys.exit(self.main() or 0) File "/usr/sbin/rhnreg_ks", line 88, in main rhnreg.getCaps() File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnreg.py", line 324, in getCaps s.capabilities.validate() File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnserver.py", line 154, in __get_capabilities self.registration.welcome_message() File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnserver.py", line 50, in __call__ return rpcServer.doCall(method, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py", line 263, in doCall raise up2dateErrors.CommunicationError(e.errmsg) up2date_client.up2dateErrors.CommunicationError: Error communicating with server. The message was: Not Found Thanks Steve > From: m.roth2006@rcn.com > Subject: RE: [Spacewalk-list] register systems > To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com > Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:06:14 -0500 > > Steve, > > I assume you've looked: > on the spacewalk server: > /var/log/messages > /var/log/httpd/error_log > /var/log/tomcat5/catalina.out > /var/log/rhn/* > on the client: > /var/log/messages > /var/log/up2date > > and seen nothing useful? > > mark > > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:56:07 -0500 > >From: Steve Vargo <stevevargo@hotmail.com> > >Subject: RE: [Spacewalk-list] register systems > >To: <spacewalk-list@redhat.com> > > > > No firewall on either server and I can use lynx to > > connect tot he web gui > > > > -Steve > > > > > From: m.roth2006@rcn.com > > > Subject: RE: [Spacewalk-list] register systems > > > To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com > > > Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:37:02 -0500 > > > > > > Steve, > > > > > > >Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:33:10 -0500 > > > >From: Steve Vargo <stevevargo@hotmail.com> > > > > > > > > Yes I can ping it and I can get the the web gui > > via > > > > a browser > > > > > > Mmm... not sure then. Wait - are you using a > > browser on the client system? If not, you might want > > to check to see if port 443 is open on the client. > > > > > > mark > > > > > > > > From: m.roth2006@rcn.com > > > > > Subject: RE: [Spacewalk-list] register systems > > > > > To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com > > > > > Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:31:25 -0500 > > > > > > > > > > Steve, > > > > > > > > > > >Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:25:24 -0500 > > > > > >From: Steve Vargo <stevevargo@hotmail.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > I am only using spacewalk.company.com in > > this > > > > post > > > > > > because I am not permitted to give out > > actual > > > > > > hostname and domain. It is attempting to > > connect > > > > to > > > > > > the correct server and host name I just > > changed > > > > them > > > > > > in the email. > > > > > > > > > > > Oh, ok. Well, couple questions, then: > > > > > 1) can you ping that server by name? > > > > > 2) can you point your browser to the link - > > even > > > > if you > > > > > get a "not allowed", you'll know it's a good > > link. > > > > > > > > > > mark > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: m.roth2006@rcn.com > > > > > > > Subject: RE: [Spacewalk-list] register > > systems > > > > > > > To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:59:20 -0500 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Steve, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:44:33 -0500 > > > > > > > >From: Steve Vargo > > <stevevargo@hotmail.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When I attempt to use rhn_register It > > says: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We are attempting to contact the Red Hat > > > > Network > > > > > > > > server at > > > > https://spacewalk.company.com/XMLRPC. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Then says: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We can't contact the Red Hat Network > > Server. > > > > > > Double > > > > > > > > check the location provided - is > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > Do you actually want to contact them? > > Mmmm... > > > > > > nslookup, use browser, sitename being > > squatted > > > > on, > > > > > > it looks like. 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