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LachapelleC
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20 Apr 2006 17:23:57 UTC
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    I'm running BOINC under Linux. I can't seem to get it to work. I keep getting error code 500. I have a router and turned off the firewall, and the problem still persisted. I set the DMZ attribute to my IP, and still the same. I can't figure out what the problem could be!?! Can anyone help me out?

    Michael Karlinsky
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    Can't get it going!

    20 Apr 2006 17:33:28 UTC
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      I'm running BOINC under Linux. I can't seem to get it to work. I keep getting error code 500. I have a router and turned off the firewall, and the problem still persisted. I set the DMZ attribute to my IP, and still the same. I can't figure out what the problem could be!?! Can anyone help me out?

      Can you browse the web? Are you using a proxy?

      Please post the messages from the messages tab here.

      Michael

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      LachapelleC
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      I can browse the web and I

      20 Apr 2006 17:46:06 UTC
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        I can browse the web and I don't have a proxy. The message is the standard message that others have posted.

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        RE: I can browse the web

        20 Apr 2006 18:00:03 UTC
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          I can browse the web and I don't have a proxy. The message is the standard message that others have posted.

          Could you *please* post the messages here. It is simply to determine
          which BOINC version you are running, what you have done to provoke the error,
          what other projects you are running, if you are using any optimized clients and much more.

          Michael

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          LachapelleC
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          RE: RE: I can browse the

          21 Apr 2006 3:40:23 UTC
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            I can browse the web and I don't have a proxy. The message is the standard message that others have posted.

            Could you *please* post the messages here. It is simply to determine
            which BOINC version you are running, what you have done to provoke the error,
            what other projects you are running, if you are using any optimized clients and much more.

            Michael


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            RE: RE: I can browse the

            21 Apr 2006 18:09:08 UTC
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              Quote:
              Quote:
              I can browse the web and I don't have a proxy. The message is the standard message that others have posted.

              Could you *please* post the messages here. It is simply to determine
              which BOINC version you are running, what you have done to provoke the error,
              what other projects you are running, if you are using any optimized clients and much more.

              Michael

              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:32:58 PM EDT||Starting BOINC client version 5.2.13 for i686-pc-linux-gnu Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:32:58 PM EDT||libcurl/7.14.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8 zlib/1.2.3 Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:32:58 PM EDT||Data directory: /home/alkare/Desktop/BOINC/BOINC Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:32:58 PM EDT||Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.80GHz
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:32:58 PM EDT||Memory: 1012.35 MB physical, 9.54 GB virtual Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:32:58 PM EDT||Disk: 30.24 GB total, 20.91 GB free Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:32:58 PM EDT||No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:32:58 PM EDT||Remote control not allowed; using loopback address Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:32:58 PM EDT||Primary listening port was already in use; using alternate listening port Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:32:58 PM EDT||This computer is not attached to any projects.
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:32:58 PM EDT||There are several ways to attach to a project:
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:32:58 PM EDT||1) Run the BOINC Manager and click Projects.
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:32:58 PM EDT||2) (Unix/Mac) Use boinc_cmd --project_attach Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:32:58 PM EDT||3) (Unix/Mac) Run this program with the -attach_project command-line option.
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:32:58 PM EDT||Visit http://boinc.berkeley.edu for more information Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:33:01 PM EDT||Running CPU benchmarks Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:33:35 PM EDT||Fetching config info from http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/get_project_config.php Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:34:00 PM EDT||Benchmark results:
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:34:00 PM EDT|| Number of CPUs: 1
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:34:00 PM EDT|| 722 double precision MIPS
              (Whetstone) per CPU
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:34:00 PM EDT|| 1910 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per
              CPU
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:34:00 PM EDT||Finished CPU benchmarks
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:34:01 PM EDT||Resuming computation and network
              activity
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:34:01 PM EDT||request_reschedule_cpus: Resuming
              activities
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:34:02 PM EDT|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Master
              file download succeeded
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:34:02 PM EDT|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Sending
              scheduler request to http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/EinsteinAtHome_cgi/cgi
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:34:02 PM EDT|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Reason:
              Requested by user
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:34:02 PM EDT|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Requesting 8640 seconds of new work Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:36:03 PM EDT|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Scheduler request to http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/EinsteinAtHome_cgi/cgi failed with a return value of 500 Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:36:03 PM EDT|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|No schedulers responded Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:36:03 PM EDT|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Couldn’t connect to URL http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/.Please check URL.
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:36:03 PM EDT|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Resetting
              project
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:36:03 PM EDT||request_reschedule_cpus: exit_tasks
              Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:36:03 PM EDT|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Detaching
              from project

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              RE: Thu 20 Apr 2006

              22 Apr 2006 6:47:01 UTC
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                Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:34:02 PM EDT|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Master
                file download succeeded

                That is good.

                Quote:

                Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:34:02 PM EDT|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Sending
                scheduler request to http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/EinsteinAtHome_cgi/cgi
                Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:34:02 PM EDT|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Reason:
                Requested by user
                Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:34:02 PM EDT|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Requesting 8640 seconds of new work Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:36:03 PM EDT|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Scheduler request to http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/EinsteinAtHome_cgi/cgi failed with a return value of 500 Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:36:03 PM EDT|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|No schedulers responded Thu 20 Apr 2006 11:36:03 PM

                That is bad. I checked the E@H scheduler logs and found the following strange entry.

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                2006-04-20 15:34:02.5260 [PID=32710] [debug ] REQUEST_METHOD=GET CONTENT_TYPE= HTTP_ACCEPT= HTTP_USER_AGENT=LWP::Simple/5.805
                2006-04-20 15:34:02.5260 [PID=32710] [CRITICAL] CONTENT_LENGTH environment variable not set
                2006-04-20 15:34:02.5264 [PID=32710] [normal ] Incomplete request received (probably a browser) platform , version 0.0.0
                2006-04-20 15:34:02.5265 [PID=32710] [debug ] [HOST#0] MSG( low) Incomplete request received.
                2006-04-20 15:34:02.5265 [PID=32710] [normal ] disk_max_used_gb 100.000000 disk_max_used_pct 50.000000 disk_min_free_gb 0.001000
                2006-04-20 15:34:02.5265 [PID=32710] [normal ] host.d_total 0.000000 host.d_free 0.000000 host.d_boinc_used_total 0.000000
                2006-04-20 15:34:02.5266 [PID=32710] [normal ] x1 0.000000 x2 0.000000 x3 0.000000 x -1000000.000000
                2006-04-20 15:34:02.5266 [PID=32710] [normal ] sending delay request 60.000000

                (This assumes I got your timezone right and your system clock is not far off; timeanddate says EDT is UTC-4.)

                It looks like the scheduler request is corrupt. As to what can cause this I have no idea. Could you retry, so I can recheck the scheduler logs?

                Can you attach, or are you attached, to other projects?

                Michael

                PS: After looking at the scheduler log again I noticed:

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                2006-04-20 15:34:02.5260 [PID=32710] [debug ] REQUEST_METHOD=GET CONTENT_TYPE= HTTP_ACCEPT= HTTP_USER_AGENT=LWP::Simple/5.805

                That was no BOINC client, but a perl module. Someone up to sth. nasty?

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                RE: 2006-04-20

                22 Apr 2006 9:54:01 UTC
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                  2006-04-20 15:34:02.5260 [PID=32710] [debug ] REQUEST_METHOD=GET CONTENT_TYPE= HTTP_ACCEPT= HTTP_USER_AGENT=LWP::Simple/5.805

                  That was no BOINC client, but a perl module. Someone up to sth. nasty?


                  Ok, down at the Trend Micro site ( it's the one I use ) you'll find this and that about that little sucker.
                  You need an AV scan....
                  Cheers, Mike.

                  (edit) That second link won't let you in if you don't have a registered version of PCCillin ..... so here 'tis .....

                  Quote:

                  Mambo "mosConfig_absolute_path" Vulnerability : PHP_DEFTOOL.A
                  posted by: Jessie, 11/25/2005
                  A Mambo "mosConfig_absolute_path" Variable Remote Command Execution Exploit.

                  We sniffed a packet that attempts to exploit the vulnerability abovementioned and downloads and execute a copy of HKTL_CALLBACK.A to the affected system.

                  "Mambo is a full-featured content management system that can be used for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications."

                  A more complete information on the affected products and solution can be found on this page.

                  Detections (as of 2005-11-26 01:22:58 +0800 GMT)
                  Trend Micro: NO_VIRUS
                  Symantec: NO_VIRUS
                  McAfee: NO_VIRUS
                  RAV (GeCAD): NO_VIRUS
                  Kaspersky: Exploit.PHP.Deftool.b
                  Sophos: NO_VIRUS

                  File Size: 14,878 Bytes
                  Smallpot Node: SP-CHINA OTHERS
                  Source Host 70.107.251.202 207.111.116.83
                  Target Port 80

                  (edit) ...... and well spotted Michael :-)

                  I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

                  ... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal

                  LachapelleC
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                  I did a virus scan using

                  24 Apr 2006 3:16:00 UTC
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                    I did a virus scan using ClamAV and Aegis and nothing was found. I also looked at the data sheet for the virus and it says that the virus takes advantage of a vulnerability in Mambo. The problem is, I don't have Mambo installed on my system.

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