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    Dansguardian issues on 2.1 (service status and others)

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    • rcfaR
      rcfa
      last edited by

      @marcelloc:

      Try to start it on console or run dansguardian in foreground.

      This is all I get:

      root(2): dansguardian
      std::bad_alloc
      Error parsing the dansguardian.conf file or other DansGuardian configuration files
      root(3):

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      • rcfaR
        rcfa
        last edited by

        Someone might have hit the reason of this problem:

        http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,50688.msg271304.html#msg271304

        Incompatible pcre versions required by snort vs. dansguardian.

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          Cino
          last edited by

          @rcfa:

          Someone might have hit the reason of this problem:

          http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,50688.msg271304.html#msg271304

          Incompatible pcre versions required by snort vs. dansguardian.

          I have them both running on my 2.1 box.. Snort was re-installed last

          found the issue with clamav…
          directories and permissions are not setup when the package is install

          when manually running freshclam

          
          ERROR: Can't open /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log in append mode (check permissions!).
          ERROR: Problem with internal logger (UpdateLogFile = /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log).
          ERROR: Can't change dir to /var/db/clamav
          
          

          I manually added the folders and started dansguardian.. its in the process of running freshclam right now.. For now I gave the folders 777 permission root/wheel.. Think it needs to be user/group clamav but figured you can't go wrong with 777.

          another issue is the linking of files between /usr/local/etc/dansguardian and /usr/pbi/dansguardian-i386/etc/dansguardian

          Also have to create folder /var/run/clamav but the package isn't starting clamd. I am able to manually start it via command line tho

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            for the service status, what does this show:

            ps uxawww | grep -i dansguardian

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            • rcfaR
              rcfa
              last edited by

              @jimp:

              for the service status, what does this show:

              ps uxawww | grep -i dansguardian

              At this point, here, nothing, because it's not running…
              ...I guess something must try to launch it once or multiple times after a reboot or settings change => the messages
              ...but then I guess it dies and/or gives up, because there's no running process later on.

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                Cino
                last edited by

                @rcfa:

                @jimp:

                for the service status, what does this show:

                ps uxawww | grep -i dansguardian

                At this point, here, nothing, because it's not running…
                ...I guess something must try to launch it once or multiple times after a reboot or settings change => the messages
                ...but then I guess it dies and/or gives up, because there's no running process later on.

                anything in your log? A while back on 2.0.1, it would die because squid wasn't running or was slow to start.. But that was corrected

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                • rcfaR
                  rcfa
                  last edited by

                  @Cino:

                  anything in your log? A while back on 2.0.1, it would die because squid wasn't running or was slow to start.. But that was corrected

                  Nothing beyond what I had posted before below:
                  @rcfa:

                  The syslog shows these:

                  Jun 25 17:26:38 dansguardian[12003]: Error parsing the dansguardian.conf file or other DansGuardian configuration files
                  Jun 25 17:26:23 dansguardian[29500]: Error parsing the dansguardian.conf file or other DansGuardian configuration files
                  Jun 25 17:26:22 php: /pkg_edit.php: Starting Dansguardian

                  Does this ring a bell?

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                    Macom2007
                    last edited by

                    Dansguardian does not start because a problem with the log file path (dansguardian missing in that path name). See console output :

                    Error opening/creating log file. (check ownership and access rights).
                    I am running as nobody and I am trying to open /var/log//access.log

                    Any ideas ?

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                    • marcellocM
                      marcelloc
                      last edited by

                      @Macom2007:

                      I am running as nobody and I am trying to open /var/log//access.log

                      check and save all package gui tabs, this error shows a missing dansguardian dir on log file

                      /var/log//access.log should be /var/log/dansguardian/access.log

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                        Macom2007
                        last edited by

                        Thx for your reply.

                        I saved every gui tab. No luck so var. Why is DG trying to write to /var/log//access.log. I my dansguardian.conf the log path is /var/log/dansguardian/ ?

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                        • marcellocM
                          marcelloc
                          last edited by

                          @Macom2007:

                          Why is DG trying to write to /var/log//access.log?

                          Not sure. I have dansguardian working on 2.1 but I'll check it this week (If I have time  :))

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                            Macom2007
                            last edited by

                            @Macom2007:

                            Dansguardian does not start because a problem with the log file path (dansguardian missing in that path name). See console output :

                            Error opening/creating log file. (check ownership and access rights).
                            I am running as nobody and I am trying to open /var/log//access.log

                            Any ideas ?

                            Any news on this ?

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                            • marcellocM
                              marcelloc
                              last edited by

                              Current package version has 2.1 folder check but pbi package was built with pcre8.3.

                              This pcre version breaks dansguardian.

                              You can try on your install, but I'm not sure if it  will work.

                              /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dansguardian.sh start

                              kern.ipc.somaxconn: 16384 -> 16384
                              kern.maxfiles: 131072 -> 131072
                              kern.maxfilesperproc: 104856 -> 104856
                              kern.threads.max_threads_per_proc: 4096 -> 4096
                              Starting dansguardian.
                              std::bad_alloc <= Pcre issue
                              Error parsing the dansguardian.conf file or other DansGuardian configuration files

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                                Macom2007
                                last edited by

                                Thx for your response. Your suggestion does not work. See output :

                                /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dansguardian.sh start

                                kern.ipc.somaxconn: 16384 -> 16384
                                kern.maxfiles: 131072 -> 131072
                                kern.maxfilesperproc: 104856 -> 104856
                                kern.threads.max_threads_per_proc: 4096 -> 4096
                                Starting dansguardian.
                                Error opening/creating log file. (check ownership and access rights).
                                I am running as nobody and I am trying to open /var/log/dansguardian/access.log

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                                • marcellocM
                                  marcelloc
                                  last edited by

                                  did you saved dansguardian config on gui after package reinstall?

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                                    Macom2007
                                    last edited by

                                    @marcelloc:

                                    did you saved dansguardian config on gui after package reinstall?

                                    Yes, I did. The error stays :-(

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                                    • marcellocM
                                      marcelloc
                                      last edited by

                                      Uninstall and reinstall too? my setup went fine(except for pcre) with 2.1 package install.

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                                        Macom2007
                                        last edited by

                                        @marcelloc:

                                        Uninstall and reinstall too? my setup went fine(except for pcre) with 2.1 package install.

                                        I uninstalled, installed dansguardian and than i did this :

                                        chown nobody:nobody /var/log

                                        Now it is running, but i am not sure if this affects other packages ?

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                                          Legion
                                          last edited by

                                          I have a similar issue. I just installed Dansguardian today to try and get it up and running. The service won't start. E.g.:

                                          @marcelloc:

                                          check and save all package gui tabs, this error shows a missing dansguardian dir on log file

                                          /var/log//access.log should be /var/log/dansguardian/access.log

                                          I checked and saved all package gui tabs and get this:

                                          and similar directory path errors when pfSense is booting up.

                                          On the Dansguardian General tab, the SSL section looks like this:

                                          I set up certs for when I opened OpenVPN access to my box, so I can remotely admin it using a tablet. But nothing is set on Dansguardian. I'm pretty much trying default settings. E.g., here is my Groups setting:

                                          Nothing about SSL filtering. Or am I looking in the wrong spot?

                                          Also, as I save each Dansguardian tab starting from the left, the system log looks like this:

                                          Until I get to the Access Control List and get the error in the second image that made me investigate further and prompted me to post this thread reply.

                                          BTW, I have Dansguardian's built-in antivirus setting disabled since I already had Havp installed and running.

                                          Any advice on how to get this working? It's not a showstopper for me - I can go back to SquidGuard/Squid/Havp but I wanted to try Squid/Dansguardian to see how it compared.

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                                          • marcellocM
                                            marcelloc
                                            last edited by

                                            try to force file permissions alerted in logs and see if cert dir exists.

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