reinstalling ISPConfig

[torusturtle]

My current installation doesn't work right anymore because I messed with the MySQL database.

I'm looking now for the fastest way to reinstall ISPConfig.

Is it possible to drop the current Database and start over again with the ISPConfig installation on the server?

Is it then possible to create the domains in the right order so that the folders on the server get automaticly recognized?
Could that work for email as well?

Thanks for your time!

[mphayesuk]

You could delete the ISPConfig folders and then re-run the install.

[till]

My current installation doesn't work right anymore because I messed with the MySQL database.

What is the exact error you get, maybe we can solve it without reinstalling ISPConfig.

I'm looking now for the fastest way to reinstall ISPConfig.

Is it possible to drop the current Database and start over again with the ISPConfig installation on the server?

Run:

/root/ispconfig/uninstall and select that you want to keep your installation.

Is it then possible to create the domains in the right order so that the folders on the server get automaticly recognized?
Could that work for email as well?

Never tested that. It might work but i think you will get problems.

If you want to create users with the same name like your old email users, you will have to remove them from the file /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/users after you reinstalled ISPConfig.

Make sure you have a proper backup from your website root (/home/www or /var/www) before you try to reinstall ISPConfig.

[torusturtle]

What is the exact error you get, maybe we can solve it without reinstalling ISPConfig.

It is that I deleted users and webs manually and now I can't log in to any new accounts.


Run:

/root/ispconfig/uninstall and select that you want to keep your installation.

What does it keep exactly? It would be important that it doesn't keep the database.



If you want to create users with the same name like your old email users, you will have to remove them from the file /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/users after you reinstalled ISPConfig.

Make sure you have a proper backup from your website root (/home/www or /var/www) before you try to reinstall ISPConfig.

And with the backup I could restore the old webpages by copying the data back into the directorys, right?

[till]

It is that I deleted users and webs manually and now I can't log in to any new accounts.

If you create a new user, does this new user show up in /etc/passwd after about a minute?

Please run this command as root:

/root/ispconfig/php/php -q /root/ispconfig/scripts/writeconf.php

1) How long does it take approx.?
2) Did you get any errors?

What does it keep exactly? It would be important that it doesn't keep the database.

It keeps your configured websites and email users, but not the ISPConfig database.

And with the backup I could restore the old webpages by copying the data back into the directorys, right?

Yes.

But please try the test I posted above, maybe we can avoid to reinstall ISPConfig.

[torusturtle]

If you create a new user, does this new user show up in /etc/passwd after about a minute?

No, it doesn't show up.


Please run this command as root:

/root/ispconfig/php/php -q /root/ispconfig/scripts/writeconf.php

1) How long does it take approx.?
2) Did you get any errors?


1) approx 2min 10sec
2) yes, several. for example:

UPDATE: 12
ERROR: Nothing parsed, nothing printed <BR>

and

Warning: fopen(/var/www/web20/user/web20_info/web/index.html): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /root/ispconfig/scripts/lib/classes/ispconfig_file.lib.php on line 35

[till]

1) approx 2min 10sec

Where the usernames created in /etc/passwd after you run the script?
Did the script aoutput any messages like "Segfault" ?

[torusturtle]

Where the usernames created in /etc/passwd after you run the script?
Did the script aoutput any messages like "Segfault" ?

didn't create username in passwd
didn't output message like that

[falko]

What's the output of ls -la /root/ispconfig?

Do you see segmentation faults in the output of
strace /root/ispconfig/php/php -q /root/ispconfig/scripts/writeconf.php?

[torusturtle]

What's the output of ls -la /root/ispconfig?


total 72
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 2048 May 8 17:36 .
drwxr-x--- 5 root root 2048 May 3 01:44 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 24 00:49 .ispconfig_lock
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 Jun 13 16:12 .old_path_httpd_root
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 29781 May 3 01:44 cronolog
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9673 May 3 01:44 cronosplit
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 2048 May 3 01:28 httpd
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 2048 May 3 01:44 isp
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 2048 May 3 01:24 openssl
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 2048 May 3 01:39 php
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 2048 May 3 01:44 scripts
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 2048 May 3 01:44 standard_cgis
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 May 3 01:44 sv
-rwx------ 1 root root 9389 May 3 01:44 uninstall


Do you see segmentation faults in the output of
strace /root/ispconfig/php/php -q /root/ispconfig/scripts/writeconf.php?

I don't know how it should look like but it doesn't look like an error at all:

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
nanosleep({1, 0}, {1, 0}) = 0
stat64("/root/ispconfig/.ispconfig_lock", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0

[till]

please run:

rm -f /root/ispconfig/.ispconfig_lock

and then again:

strace /root/ispconfig/php/php -q /root/ispconfig/scripts/writeconf.php

[torusturtle]

please run:

rm -f /root/ispconfig/.ispconfig_lock

and then again:

strace /root/ispconfig/php/php -q /root/ispconfig/scripts/writeconf.php

The last few lines:
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
close(5) = 0
waitpid(22281, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 1}], 0) = 22281
time(NULL) = 1151343344
time(NULL) = 1151343344
getcwd("/root", 4096) = 6
time(NULL) = 1151343344
lstat64("/home", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=2048, ...}) = 0
lstat64("/home/admispconfig", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=2048, ...}) = 0
lstat64("/home/admispconfig/ispconfig", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=2048, ...}) = 0
lstat64("/home/admispconfig/ispconfig/ispconfig.log", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=812547, ...}) = 0
open("/home/admispconfig/ispconfig/ispconfig.log", O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_CREAT, 0666) = 5
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=812547, ...}) = 0
lseek(5, 0, SEEK_CUR) = 0
lseek(5, 0, SEEK_CUR) = 0
write(5, "26.06.2006 - 19:35:44 => WARN - "..., 152) = 152
close(5) = 0
getcwd("/root", 4096) = 6
time(NULL) = 1151343344
open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY) = 5
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=5330, ...}) = 0
lseek(5, 0, SEEK_CUR) = 0
stat64("/etc/passwd", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=5330, ...}) = 0
read(5, "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash\n"..., 8192) = 5330
close(5) = 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++

[falko]

Do you see the username now in /etc/passwd?
Which ISPConfig version do you use?

[torusturtle]

Do you see the username now in /etc/passwd?


Yes, it show up now.
But there are two problems:
1. Everytime I create a new accoutn I have to do does steps again
2. the mails still go into an old webX account.


Which ISPConfig version do you use?

Can't remember exactly. Is there a way to check that within ISPConfig?

[falko]

Can't remember exactly. Is there a way to check that within ISPConfig?
Yes, you can check the version under "Tools".

[torusturtle]

Yes, you can check the version under "Tools".

The Version I'm using is: 2.2.1


I found in /etc/postfix/virtusertable an old entry of the mail that gets written to the old mailbox, like discribed one post earlier. Is it save to delete the old obsolete entrys from this file by hand?

[till]

The Version I'm using is: 2.2.1


I found in /etc/postfix/virtusertable an old entry of the mail that gets written to the old mailbox, like discribed one post earlier. Is it save to delete the old obsolete entrys from this file by hand?

No, dont edit config files manually as ISPConfig will overwrite your changes. If the entry is there, the email user must exist in the ISPConfig database and interface, it is better if you delete the user there.

Also I recommend to upgrade your system to the latest ISPConfig version.

[torusturtle]

After reinstalling new webs get created right again and are usable without any problems.

I still have some problems with old web & email accounts.

[falko]

I still have some problems with old web & email accounts.
Ok, but if you want us to help you, you must post the problems and error messages... :D

[torusturtle]

I do now have problems with postfix returning the emails with an error:

Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0
Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; mail for utrecords.com loops back to myself

This happens now to email adresses which did work well before as well.
Any Ideas?

[torusturtle]

solution here:
http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?p=32390