[horde] grandchild failed in cron

[Andreas Mauser]

Hi,

----- Nachricht von Vilius ?umskas <vilius at lnk.lt> ---------
   Datum: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 13:09:58 +0300
     Von: Vilius ?umskas <vilius at lnk.lt>
Betreff: Re: [horde] grandchild failed in cron
      An: horde at lists.horde.org


>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Am 05.03.2012 12:56, schrieb Andreas Mauser:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In crontab I have:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> */5 * * * * root
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> PHP_PEAR_SYSCONF_DIR=/var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> php -d
>> >> include_path=/var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice/pear/php
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> /var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice/pear/horde-alarms
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and I get a:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> /USR/SBIN/CRON[4915]: (CRON) error (grandchild
>> #4916
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> failed with exit
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> status 127)
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> /bin/sh: root: not found
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Removing 'root' at the line beginning I get:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PHP Fatal error:  Call to a member function setObs()
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on a non-object in
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anything to fix that?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry I didnt give you the full error message:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Removing 'root' at the line beginning I get:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> PHP Fatal error:  Call to a member function setObs() on
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> a non-object in /PATH/SQL.php in line 130
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Does that help some more?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> If it's really SQL.php (and not Sql.php), that's not even
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> Horde 4 code.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Sorry about that, I wrote the last words by myself because
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> I already closed the console window.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> PHP Fatal error:  Call to a member function setObs() on a
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> non-object in
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> /var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice/pear/php/Horde/Perms/Sql.php on
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> line 130
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> In fact you are right, it is Sql.php and because it is in
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> horde directories I assume its a horde part?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Is that fixable? Because I get hundrets of messages a day
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> in the logfile.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> Is there anything I can do?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>> This could only happen if the unserialization in the line
>> >> >>>>>>>>> fails, but you should have that in your logs too. And that
>> >> >>>>>>>>> could only happen if you have some broken permission object
>> >> >>>>>>>>> in the cache.
>> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>> Ok, I take this as a fact. But what would one do in such a case?
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> A reboot did not help at all.
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> Anyone who can help? It fills my logs daily with a hundred of
>> >> messages.
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> Did you read my reponse? First of all there has to be some error
>> >> >>>>> in any of the logs about failed unserialization. Is this the case?
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> And I wrote that this may only happen if a cached value is
>> >> >>>>> broken. So you need to empty the cache if that's the case.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Yes, I read, but I thought a reboot of the server will do the
>> >> >>>> clear cache as well. I rebooted because if I run the script:
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> php -d include_path=/var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice/pear/php
>> >> >>>> /var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice/pear/horde-clear-cache
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> I get:
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> PHP Fatal error:  Call to a member function setObs() on a
>> >> >>>> non-object in
>> >> >>>> /var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice/pear/php/Horde/Perms/Sql.php
>> on
>> >> >>>> line 130
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> and was afraid to ask what I did wrong now. How can I clear the
>> cache?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> No idea. You didn't tell us which caching backend you use. Whether
>> >> >>> it's cleared by a reboot depends on whether you use a persistant
>> >> >>> cache storage.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> After an upgrade of mysql in Debian I was able to clear the cache,
>> >> >> but the grandchild error doesnt go away.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I use memcache, the memcache application is installed, also an
>> >> >> entry in php.ini has been created. php5-memcache is also installed.
>> >> >
>> >> > I still get the grandchild error.
>> >> >
>> >> > I use memcache as a backend.
>> >> > I rebootet the server.
>> >> > I cleared the horde cache.
>> >> >
>> >> > Error dont go away.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any ideas how can I proceed?
>> >>
>> >> I can verify that the grandchild PID is the same which is generated
>> >> when running the Horde cron entry:
>> >>
>> >> cat /var/log/syslog |grep 1229
>> >>
>> >> Apr  4 08:35:01 webster /USR/SBIN/CRON[1229]: (root) CMD (root
>> >> PHP_PEAR_SYSCONF_DIR=/var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice php -d
>> >> include_path=/var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice/pear/php
>> >> /var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice/pear/horde-alarms > /dev/null 2>&1)
>> >>
>> >> Apr  4 08:35:01 webster /USR/SBIN/CRON[1228]: (CRON) error (grandchild
>> >> #1229 failed with exit status 127)
>> >>
>> >> The entry in the crontab is:
>> >>
>> >> ##### Horde Alarms
>> >> */5 * * * * root
>> PHP_PEAR_SYSCONF_DIR=/var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice
>> >> php -d include_path=/var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice/pear/php
>> >> /var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice/pear/horde-alarms > /dev/null 2>&1
>> >>
>> >> How can I fix this or work around?
>> >
>> > Error 127 means "command not found", so there is something wrong
>> > with your cron or environment. Make sure you can execute
>> > "PHP_PEAR_SYSCONF_DIR=/var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice  php -d
>> > include_path=/var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice/pear/php
>> > /var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice/pear/horde-alarms" with the root
>> user.
>>
>> I can not execute:
>>
>> PHP_PEAR_SYSCONF_DIR=/var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice  php -d
>> include_path=/var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice/pear/php
>> /var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice/pear/horde-alarms
>>
>> I get a:
>>
>> PHP Fatal error:  Call to a member function setObs() on a non-object
>> in /var/www/mauser.info/mailoffice/pear/php/Horde/Perms/Sql.php on
>> line 130
>>
>> Line 130 is:
>>
>>    $this->_permsCache[$name]->setObs($this->_cache, $this->_db);
>>
>> What is wrong here?
>
> Jan have already explained. Your cache is corrupt most probably.

I know. But I cleared the cache successfully but the grandchild error  
does not go away.

> You need to debug this line by line in PHP code and see where it goes.

I dont know how to debug PHP, but I can take steps if you can suggest.

> Also try disabling Caching completely to see if that helps.

I will do that and paste the result here.

Andreas