[Fedora-directory-users] Re: "This beta software has expired"?

Kevin Kovach kovach at gmail.com
Mon Dec 5 22:40:01 UTC 2005


That worked.  I'm back up and running now.

Thanks again Richard.

- Kevin

On 12/5/05, Richard Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Kevin Kovach wrote:
>
> > Thanks again for the reply Richard.
> >
> > Can you please advise on how I might best go about recovering from
> > this so that I can backup all my data and configuration and rebuild
> > FDS?  Now, I'd probably like to go to FDS 1.0 as well.  I'd like to
> > get this install up and running just long enough to back everything up
> > and then go with a new install of 1.0.
> >
> > I've tried setting the time on the system back a couple months and
> > that did not do the trick.  I've noticed now that there's a pumpkin.pl
> > PERL script in the fedora-ds directory?  Is there some thing temporary
> > I can do to expend the wick on the bomb for a bit, so that I might run
> > for cover before it goes off again? :-)
>
> There's nothing you can do except to rebuild ns-slapd.  This might work:
> 1) cd ldapserver/ldap/servers/slapd
> 2) touch main.c
> 3) make BUILD_BOMB="" PUMPKIN_AGE=0 .... other make args ....
> This will rebuild the ns-slapd binary, which is the one with the
> problem.   main.c has the bomb code.  This will create a new binary
> ldapserver/built/release/<platform>/bin/slapd/server/ns-slapd.  Just
> shutdown your old one and replace it with this new one, the restart.
> You should be good to go.
>
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > - Kevin
> >
> > On 12/5/05, *Richard Megginson* <rmeggins at redhat.com
> > <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Kevin Kovach wrote:
> >
> >     > Built this myself from the 7.1 source.  You're thinking this is an
> >     > issue with my build in particular, or you've seen this before?
> >
> >     Yes.  The BUILD_BOMB is enabled by default.  Our 7.1 binary builds
> had
> >     the build bomb disabled.  In order to build with this disabled, use
> >     something like this:
> >     make PUMPKIN_AGE=0 BUILD_BOMB="" .... other args ....
> >     I apologize for this.  We will be updating the wiki Building page
> >     ASAP.
> >     Future versions of the source code will disable the build bomb by
> >     default.
> >
> >     >
> >     > - Kevin
> >     >
> >     > On 12/5/05, * Richard Megginson* <rmeggins at redhat.com
> >     <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>
> >     > <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     Kevin Kovach wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     > Thanks for the reply Richard.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > Are you able to supply any details on the issue?  Is this
> >     a known
> >     >     > problem that was already being worked on, or is this a
> >     brand new
> >     >     > issue?  If this has been around for a while, do you have a
> >     >     timetable
> >     >     > on a fix?
> >     >
> >     >     Actually, is your problem in the released FDS 7.1 you
> >     downloaded from
> >     >     the download site, or did you build it yourself?
> >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     > I've checked the list and have not seen anything regarding
> >     this
> >     >     error
> >     >     > message.  If there's anything I can do to help please let
> >     me know.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > Thanks.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > - Kevin
> >     >     >
> >     >     > On 12/5/05, *Richard Megginson* <rmeggins at redhat.com
> >     <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>
> >     >     <mailto: rmeggins at redhat.com <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>>
> >     >     > <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>
> >     <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>>>> wrote:
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     No, it's not a cert issue.  It's a problem with the core
> >     >     server, and
> >     >     >     we're working on a fix right now.
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     Kevin Kovach wrote:
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     > Hello again,
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > I'm suspecting more and more that it was a certificate
> >     >     issue, since
> >     >     >     > the error log references port 636.
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > However, I've gone over the SSL HOWTO on the FDS
> >     wiki and
> >     >     I don't
> >     >     >     > understand what the problem is.  When I installed FDS
> >     >     about 5 months
> >     >     >     > ago I used the information provided here,
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >
> >
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ag/7.1/ssl.html#1087158
> >     <
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ag/7.1/ssl.html#1087158>
> >     >     >     > on setting up a self signed certificate.  This link
> was
> >     >     posted
> >     >     >     on the
> >     >     >     > SSL HOWTO on help with using certutil.
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > I was able to get FDS up and running with SSL after
> >     a couple
> >     >     >     emails to
> >     >     >     > the list and a couple changes to the FDS wiki
> regarding
> >     >     SSL.  As I
> >     >     >     > said, it's been running well for the past 5 months
> >     or so.
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > My understanding was that the example there created
> >     a cert
> >     >     that
> >     >     >     would
> >     >     >     > be valid for 123 months (-v 120) plus the default 3
> >     >     months?  I would
> >     >     >     > not expect this cert to have expired already.
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > That said, I went through the same steps to try and
> >     >     recreate the CA
> >     >     >     > and Server certs for the directory again now.  After
> >     doing so
> >     >     >     without
> >     >     >     > any error messages, I tried to start the directory
> >     server
> >     >     again and
> >     >     >     > I'm getting the same message.
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > Thanks.
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > - Kevin
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > On 12/5/05, *Kevin Kovach* <kovach at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:kovach at gmail.com>
> >     >     <mailto:kovach at gmail.com <mailto:kovach at gmail.com>>
> >     >     >     <mailto: kovach at gmail.com <mailto:kovach at gmail.com>
> >     <mailto:kovach at gmail.com <mailto:kovach at gmail.com>>>
> >     >     >     > <mailto: kovach at gmail.com <mailto:kovach at gmail.com>
> >     <mailto:kovach at gmail.com <mailto:kovach at gmail.com>>
> >     >     <mailto:kovach at gmail.com <mailto:kovach at gmail.com>
> >     <mailto:kovach at gmail.com <mailto:kovach at gmail.com>>>>> wrote:
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     Hello,
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     I'm a bit confused this morning.  I woke up and
> >     >     realized that my
> >     >     >     >     directory was down, and when I tried to restart
> >     it I
> >     >     got the
> >     >     >     >     following message ...
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     # ./start-slapd
> >     >     >     >     [05/Dec/2005:11:52:28 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta
> >     >     software has
> >     >     >     >     expired **
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     Does this look familiar to anyone?  I'm
> >     continuing to
> >     >     look into
> >     >     >     >     it, but if it's something simple issue that I'm
> >     >     unaware of I'd
> >     >     >     >     appreciate any hints as to what the problem is?
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     Some background information ...
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     I've been running Fedora Directory Server for
> >     about 5
> >     >     months
> >     >     >     >     without any issues.  It's been running great.  I
> >     recently
> >     >     >     added a
> >     >     >     >     root suffix to the directory that went
> smoothly.  I
> >     >     was able to
> >     >     >     >     use the new root without any problems after I
> added
> >     >     it.  I
> >     >     >     didn't
> >     >     >     >     seem to have any issues with that change.  This
> the
> >     >     only thing
> >     >     >     >     I've done in the past couple months.
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     I've just tired to save my config and back up
> >     the db with
> >     >     >     >     ./saveconfig, ./db2bak, ./db2ldif, and ./db2dsml
> >     and all
> >     >     >     attempts
> >     >     >     >     result in the same error message.
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     Also, the only thing printed to the error log is
> >     the same
> >     >     >     message.
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     # cat errors
> >     >     >     >             Fedora-Directory/7.1 B2005.201.2115
> >     >     >     >             ldap.hostname.com:636
> >     <http://ldap.hostname.com:636>
> >     >     <http://ldap.hostname.com:636> <http://ldap.hostname.com:636>
> >     >     >     < http://ldap.hostname.com:636>
> >     >     >     >     (/opt/fedora-ds/slapd-instname)
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     [05/Dec/2005:11:46:07 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta
> >     >     software has
> >     >     >     >     expired **
> >     >     >     >     [05/Dec/2005:11:47:44 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta
> >     >     software has
> >     >     >     >     expired **
> >     >     >     >     [05/Dec/2005:11:49:03 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta
> >     >     software has
> >     >     >     >     expired **
> >     >     >     >     [05/Dec/2005:11:52:28 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta
> >     >     software has
> >     >     >     >     expired **
> >     >     >     >     [05/Dec/2005:11:57:33 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta
> >     >     software has
> >     >     >     >     expired **
> >     >     >     >     [05/Dec/2005:11:58:30 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta
> >     >     software has
> >     >     >     >     expired **
> >     >     >     >     [05/Dec/2005:12:00:11 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta
> >     >     software has
> >     >     >     >     expired **
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     I'm really at a loss as to what has
> >     expired.  Does the
> >     >     >     directory
> >     >     >     >     have some kind of license that has expired?  Can
> >     this be a
> >     >     >     message
> >     >     >     >     for an expired cert?  It doesn't really sound
> >     like it, but
> >     >     >     that's
> >     >     >     >     the only thing I can think of off the top of my
> >     head.
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     Thanks for any help and/or information.
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >     - Kevin
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     >
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