Re: Spontaneous Errors

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 59992
interpreted = N
texte = I'm leaning toward a WebDNA problem here. When I start getting the erroneous error messages, users are unable to login to [protect]'ed pages using known good username/password combos - the authenticate dialog box continues to reappear regardless. After restarting the WebDNA process (./WebCatalogCtl stop|start), everything goes back to normal. Any thoughts? On 11/10/04 10:34 AM, "Patrick McCormick" wrote: > Sounds more like directory or permissions corruption which can happen with > lots of processes and disk activity. > > Try running the repair stuff in disk utility. Hopefully you can take the > server offline and boot from a different volume. > > Another good utility for this is AlSoft Disk Warrior. It just seems to fix > stuff other utilities can't. > > If you can add RAM to the server, it might help reduce disk activity which > may, in turn, reduce the changes for corruption. > > > On Nov 9, 2004, at 1:52 PM, Clint Davis wrote: > >> I have an Xserve/Dual 1.3 G4 running WebDNA 4.5.1 and iTools 7.3 (Apache >> 2.0.49) with about 55 virtual hosts that use WebDNA heavily. >> >> Lately, WebDNA has been producing spontaneous error messages. For instance, >> I'll get a "Template not found..." error for a page that I KNOW exists. If I >> hit refresh in the browser, the page comes up. I'm getting similar "Database >> not found..." errors that resolve themselves after I flush databases. >> >> Could an overloaded server cause spontaneous errors like this? ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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  2. Re: Spontaneous Errors ( "Sal D'Anna" 2004)
  3. Re: Spontaneous Errors ( Clint Davis 2004)
  4. Re: Spontaneous Errors ( Patrick McCormick 2004)
  5. Re: Spontaneous Errors ( Clint Davis 2004)
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I'm leaning toward a WebDNA problem here. When I start getting the erroneous error messages, users are unable to login to [protect]'ed pages using known good username/password combos - the authenticate dialog box continues to reappear regardless. After restarting the WebDNA process (./WebCatalogCtl stop|start), everything goes back to normal. Any thoughts? On 11/10/04 10:34 AM, "Patrick McCormick" wrote: > Sounds more like directory or permissions corruption which can happen with > lots of processes and disk activity. > > Try running the repair stuff in disk utility. Hopefully you can take the > server offline and boot from a different volume. > > Another good utility for this is AlSoft Disk Warrior. It just seems to fix > stuff other utilities can't. > > If you can add RAM to the server, it might help reduce disk activity which > may, in turn, reduce the changes for corruption. > > > On Nov 9, 2004, at 1:52 PM, Clint Davis wrote: > >> I have an Xserve/Dual 1.3 G4 running WebDNA 4.5.1 and iTools 7.3 (Apache >> 2.0.49) with about 55 virtual hosts that use WebDNA heavily. >> >> Lately, WebDNA has been producing spontaneous error messages. For instance, >> I'll get a "Template not found..." error for a page that I KNOW exists. If I >> hit refresh in the browser, the page comes up. I'm getting similar "Database >> not found..." errors that resolve themselves after I flush databases. >> >> Could an overloaded server cause spontaneous errors like this? ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Clint Davis

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