#4344 Error: Can't use string ("GROUP") as a symbol ref while "strict refs" in use at ./acl-lib.pl line 1002.

[Brian Tafoya]

Error while executing Create Webmin Group with all modules selected.

Error - Perl execution failed

Can't use string ("GROUP") as a symbol ref while "strict refs" in use at ./acl-lib.pl line 1002.

miniserv.error:

Use of uninitialized value $c in string eq at /usr/share/webmin/acl/edit_group.cgi line 103.
Use of uninitialized value $c in hash element at /usr/share/webmin/acl/edit_group.cgi line 104.
Use of uninitialized value $c in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/webmin/acl/edit_group.cgi line 104.
[14/Jan/2014:10:35:42 -0500] [97.101.192.203] /acl/save_group.cgi : Perl execution failed : Can't use string ("GROUP") as a symbol ref while "strict refs" in use at ./acl-lib.pl line 1002.

Running on Debian Wheezy x64 on digitalocean.com cloud hosting.

[Jamie Cameron]

This is a bug in Webmin 1.670 :-(

The code fix can be seen at https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/cf81202d1eab1ba61c375f5786199955d14f16f9
I will likely release an official fix in a day or two.

[Z]

I tried applying the changes from GitHub. I no longer see the said error but see this instead:

Failed to save group : Failed to write to acl::GROUP : Bad file descriptor

[Jamie Cameron]

There was another fix needed : https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/aaf7f55addba506e9f1ad40ca0970d0f072fd3dd

[Z]

That did it. Thanks!

On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 7:02 AM, Jamie Cameron jcameron@users.sf.netwrote:

There was another fix needed :
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/aaf7f55addba506e9f1ad40ca0970d0f072fd3dd

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• [bugs:#4344] http://sourceforge.net/p/webadmin/bugs/4344/ Error: Can't
  use string ("GROUP") as a symbol ref while "strict refs" in use at
  ./acl-lib.pl http://acl-lib.pl line 1002.*

Status: closed-fixed
Created: Tue Jan 14, 2014 03:39 PM UTC by Brian Tafoya
Last Updated: Tue Jan 14, 2014 04:46 PM UTC
Owner: Jamie Cameron

Error while executing Create Webmin Group with all modules selected.

Error - Perl execution failed

Can't use string ("GROUP") as a symbol ref while "strict refs" in use at ./
acl-lib.pl line 1002.

miniserv.error:

Use of uninitialized value $c in string eq at
/usr/share/webmin/acl/edit_group.cgi line 103.
Use of uninitialized value $c in hash element at
/usr/share/webmin/acl/edit_group.cgi line 104.
Use of uninitialized value $c in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/share/webmin/acl/edit_group.cgi line 104.
[14/Jan/2014:10:35:42 -0500] [97.101.192.203] /acl/save_group.cgi : Perl
execution failed : Can't use string ("GROUP") as a symbol ref while "strict
refs" in use at ./acl-lib.pl line 1002.

Running on Debian Wheezy x64 on digitalocean.com cloud hosting.

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[Aletha D Chrietzberg]

Hi Jamie,
I have installed the updated Module for Webmin Users and I still have the problem also.
I'm running AIX 6.1

Is there any other fix coming down the pike for this issue?

thanks.

[Otlichno_SBE]

I am still seeing it on my AWS Instance running latest everything. What am I missing?

[Jamie Cameron]

The 1.675 devel version from http://www.webmin.com/devel.html includes a fix for this issue.

[Otlichno_SBE]

Jamie,

Do we have any ETA for that to move from dev to prod?

[Jamie Cameron]

A full release with this fix will be out by the end of the week.