[Fedora-directory-users] New install with Admin Server issues

[Richard Megginson]

Duncan McGreggor wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I'm having some troubles with the Admin Server (web). First, some 
> details:
>
> * This is my first experience with FDS
> * I'm running Debian and followed the install instructions here:
>   http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Howto:DebianUbuntu
> * I created/installed the debian package from 
> fedora-ds-1.0.4-1.RHEL3.i386.opt.rpm
> * I can run the java console application, login, create entries, etc.
> * I'm a python coder, not a java one, so I have no idea about the java 
> stuff.
What version of Apache are you using? e.g. /usr/sbin/httpd.worker -V
>
> Here are the issues I am seeing:
> 1) clicking on the "help" buttons on the java console results in a 
> download dialog with the following message:
>      The file "help" is of type application/octect-stream...
> 2) Clicking the "Restart" button (admin tasks) on the java console 
> results in a 404
> 3) Attempting to visit the url http://myhost:62332/ results in a 
> download dialog
> 4) If I download the file, open it and read it, it's a binary file. 
> The file begins with the following:
>      ELF



> (
>
> 
> QÂtd
> 2
>    And then later in the file, there is this:
>      Error: %s
>     s
> text/html
>
> dsgw_menu_block>
>
> dist
> cstart-console.html
>
>
> ...
> 5) I saw the following rewrite rule in 
> /opt/fedora-ds/admin-serv/config/admserv.conf:
>      RewriteRule ^/$ /dist/download [R,L,QSA]
>    I commented it out, restarted the server, and now I get a 403 
> (Forbidden) when I access http://myhost:62332/
> 6) I set the admin server's log level to debug, and I started seeing 
> these messages:
> [Sun Dec 31 03:00:57 2006] [debug] mod_admserv.c(1759): [client 
> 72.51.42.180] admserv_check_authz: uri [tasks/operation/StatusPing] 
> did not begin with [commands/] - not a command
> [Sun Dec 31 03:00:57 2006] [debug] mod_admserv.c(1808): [client 
> 72.51.42.180] admserv_check_authz: execute CGI 
> [/opt/fedora-ds/bin/admin/admin/bin/statusping] args [(null)]
>
> That's all I can think of for now. Does anyone have any clue as to 
> what could be going on? Is this a java app server dealie? I tried 
> searching through the docs and the FDS pages for anything that might 
> clue me in, and came up empty-handed...
>
> Other than this, though, it looks like a killer LDAP server. Looking 
> forward to getting this rolled out here, and providing folks with the 
> web admin link to manage their info...
>
> Thanks!
>
> d
>
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