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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=814281409-11042014><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Brendan,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>I follow the following advice:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial><A
href="https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/JabberAndOSAD">https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/JabberAndOSAD</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=814281409-11042014><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>even though it seems to be using a sledgehammer to crack a
nut. Would be nicer if OSAD were a little more reliable, or it's status
was more easily queriable (word?) from the client side. Restarting it
every 4 hours just seems a cop out to me - but it works.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=814281409-11042014><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>If I could detect a fault on the client side, my Nagios checks
or Puppet runs could check for signs of life and restart things at the client
side. I don't think this would happen every 4 hours!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=814281409-11042014><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Duncan</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com
[mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Wood,
Brendan<BR><B>Sent:</B> 11 April 2014 05:22<BR><B>To:</B>
spacewalk-list@redhat.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Spacewalk-list] SYN Flooding
with OSAD<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Times; FONT-SIZE: medium">The
problem with doing this is that I need to then remove
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/osad-auth.conf and bounce osad on each endpoint for the
systems show up as being online again. Is there an easier way to go
about getting all the clients in an online status (per osad) once I remove the
jabberd database and bounce jabberd/osa-dispatcher?</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Times; FONT-SIZE: medium">Thanks
for the help btw! Really appreciate it!</SPAN></DIV><SPAN
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<DIV>-b</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Times; FONT-SIZE: medium">===snip=====</SPAN></DIV>Delete
the database for jabberd then restart it. Next restart osa-dispatcher you
should be good from there.</SPAN><BR
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Times; FONT-SIZE: medium">This
is a well known bug that pops up from time to time. </SPAN><BR
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