Re: [webmin-l] Usermin crashing

[Mike <li...@mi...>]

> > Hi,
> > 
> > I couldn't find anything in the archives, though I may have 
> used the wrong
> > terms.
> > 
> > We have been running webmin and usermin for a couple years 
> without any
> > problems until just recently.  This week I've received 
> calls about usermin
> > being down, and the only way I've been able to start it up 
> again is to
> > restart the server.
> > 
> > Does usermin or webmin have a log file, or can I turn on 
> logging for them?
> > 
> > I did turn on the e-mail notification for services changing 
> states, and
> > that
> > works, I received an e-mail earlier about usermin being down.
> > 
> > For restart usermin I've tried:
> > Clicking start from the webmin service monitor, also from 
> the usermin
> > configuration page.
> > /etc/init.d/usermin restart (and start)
> > /etc/usermin/start
> > And /usr/libexec/usermin/miniserv.pl 
> /etc/usermin/miniserv.conf  (what
> > /etc/usermin/start does)
> > 
> > None of them result in usermin running, nor do they report 
> errors (except
> > the ones that try to stop usermin, they error because it 
> isn't running
> > to be
> > stopped)
> 
> When Usermin is down like this, is there still a miniserv.pl 
> process running
> for it? The problem may be that it is running but 
> un-responsive somehow..
> 
> If so, you could try the command :
> 
> /etc/usermin/stop ; /etc/usermin/start
> 
> to restart it.

There is a miniserv.pl for webmin, but not for usermin.
I have tried the /etc/usermin/stop followed by /etc/usermin/start

The stop reports failure because the wasn't anything found for its kill
command.

-Mike