Problem with web uploads in new dansguardian 2.12.0.3

awsiemieniec

ditto on the fix, thanks! ;D

neil

I have just set up Dansguardian for a large site and have experienced the same "web upload is banned" as reported in this thread.

Package Manager shows 2.12.0.3pkg v.0.1.7_3.

I've tried downloading the patched binary from http://e-sac.sitesguro.ws/pfsense/8/amd64/dansguardian
after killing dansguardian.
When I try to start the new binary I get the message:

/usr/local/sbin/dansguardian: 1: Syntax error: ")" unexpected
./dansguardian.sh WARNING: failed to start dansguardian

Are you able to help me here, and in particular what steps do I need to follow to resolve the "web upload is banned" problem - thanks

PS. to be able to save this post, I had to put an exception for forum.pfsense.org into the sites exception list, to avoid having this post blocked by the same error for which I am seeking help!

marcelloc

@neil:

I've tried downloading the patched binary from http://e-sac.sitesguro.ws/pfsense/8/amd64/dansguardian
after killing dansguardian.
When I try to start the new binary I get the message:

/usr/local/sbin/dansguardian: 1: Syntax error: ")" unexpected
./dansguardian.sh WARNING: failed to start dansguardian

If you copied only dansguardian binary, it should start as it does not touch dansguardian.sh file.

try to save dansguardian config again to recreate startup script.

neil

Thanks for the quick reply - I did as you suggested, made a change in DG/PFsense, and saved the change - presumably this recreates the dansguardian.sh script - unfortunately no change.

Just to recap all I did was:

1. killall dansguardian
2. cd /usr/local/sbin
3. mv dansguardian dansguardian.orig (ie backed up the old version)
4. fetch https://e-sac….....etc
This retrieved a file of size 994216 dated feb 8.
The permissions on this file did not match those on the old version and in particular were not executable.
So I typed chmod 555 dansguardian and the permissions then matched (ie -r-xr-xr-x)
5. cd /usr/local/etc/rc.d
6. ./dansguardian.sh start

This resulted in the error I reported.

When I copy the original dansguardian binary back again, the startup script runs without any error.

Any further thoughts?

marcelloc

@neil:

Any further thoughts?

No. :( Except for the mv dansguardian dansguardian.orig I've did it again here and it started up fine.

neil

Hmmmm - I'm not getting anywhere here.
If I copy the dansguardian.orig back to dansguardian and run ./dansguardian.sh start , DG starts without error.
The "syntax error: " etc seems to be coming from the binary not from the script.

I've tried downloading the binary again, and there is no improvement.

Could you send the binary to me at neil@darfield.school.nz?

Thanks

neil

DOH this was my problem - my production servers are all x64 while my development server is x86.
I was trying to apply the x64 version of DG to an x86 PFsense install.
I've downloaded the x86 version and this starts correctly.
Thanks for your replies

Legion

Also had problems uploading, also downloaded your patch, also worked. Thanks marcelloc.

eldersouza

@marcelloc:

@samham:

Marcello when will you push the patch?

I've pushed it to dansguardian sourceforge project.

But not for freebsd ports.

I'm waiting feedbacks to see if there are other bugs that I can help to fix.

Estava com esse problema aqui no dansguardian, só fiz substituir o arquivo que você disponibilizou e pronto!! Problema resolvido !!

Valeuz Marcello

Hugovsky

Me too! Thanks marcelloc. 8)

engellion

I have the same problem, but I can not download the patch. When I try ato fetch, I get a: fetch http://e-sac.sitesguro.ws/pfsense/8/dansguardian: Operation timed out

I tried a traceroute on http://e-sac.sitesguro.ws and got the following:

traceroute e-sac.stesguro.ws
traceroute to e-sac.stesguro.ws (64.70.19.198), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 10.1.1.1 (10.1.1.1) 0.463 ms 0.335 ms 0.281 ms
2 nexthop.qld.iinet.net.au (203.215.9.250) 14.452 ms 14.227 ms 16.294 ms
3 150.101.33.158 (150.101.33.158) 31.716 ms 13.708 ms 16.490 ms
4 ae1.br1.syd4.on.ii.net (150.101.33.18) 29.600 ms 28.967 ms 31.846 ms
5 te0-0-0-1.br1.lax1.on.ii.net (203.16.213.69) 178.061 ms
te0-1-1-2.bd1.lax1.on.ii.net (203.16.213.65) 206.041 ms
te0-0-0-1.br1.lax1.on.ii.net (203.16.213.69) 177.792 ms
6 144.223.30.1 (144.223.30.1) 218.953 ms 207.542 ms 203.939 ms
7 sl-crs2-ana-0-15-0-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.19.226) 175.235 ms
144.232.1.177 (144.232.1.177) 176.961 ms 179.663 ms
8 sl-st21-la-13-0-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.20.69) 208.509 ms
sl-st21-la-0-0-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.20.206) 210.669 ms 210.212 ms
9 208.174.196.113 (208.174.196.113) 211.137 ms 208.013 ms 208.514 ms
10 pr2-so-6-1-0.losangelesequinix.savvis.net (204.70.200.97) 191.378 ms
pr2-so-6-0-0.losangelesequinix.savvis.net (204.70.200.93) 195.916 ms
pr2-so-6-2-0.losangelesequinix.savvis.net (204.70.200.101) 195.221 ms
11 hr1-te-1-0-0.irvine2oc2.savvis.net (204.70.204.189) 190.690 ms 191.125 ms 190.078 ms
12 hr2-te-1-0-1.irvine2oc2.savvis.net (204.70.204.166) 218.562 ms 220.108 ms 221.215 ms
13 hr1-te-1-0-0.elsegundola1.savvis.net (204.70.204.194) 188.445 ms 189.647 ms 188.262 ms
14 das1-v3006.la1.savvis.net (64.70.11.54) 187.990 ms 190.962 ms 191.201 ms
15 * * *
16 * * *
17 * * *
18 * * *
19 * * *
(this went up to 44 * * * before a did a ctrl-C)

Is this patch accessible from Australia?

Thanks.
Paul.

Legion

@engellion:

Is this patch accessible from Australia?

Yes, but sometimes marcelloc might turn off his server. I remember once I couldn't get something either, but OTOH I've downloaded lots of dansguardian and squid stuff from his site at other times. In fact, I've just browsed to his site now and it's accessible to me.

Phobia

Hi there,

As of today - September 23, 2013 - Is this patch still necessary, or has it been merged into the package?

Phob

asterix

Still the same.. Hasn't changed yet..

Phobia

Thanks for this. I tried following the instructions, but it didn't seem to work. The DG process kept crapping out after a few minutes, and browsing was quite slow. Also, DG started blocking content I didn't ask it to.

I removed the package, but it left behind the dansguardian file in the sbin folder. I manually deleted that and have gone back to the package version for now.

Do the permissions need to be adjusted, or should it work without further intervention?

Phobia

Hi again,

So I'm still having trouble with the process from earlier in this thread that fetches the new executable via fetch.

Via SSH I did :

1. killall dansguardian
2. cd /usr/local/sbin
3. fetch http://e-sac.sitesguro.ws/pfsense/8/dansguardian

I noted Neil's earlier post, so I also:

4. chmod 555 dansguardian
5. cd /usr/local/etc/rc.d
6. ./dansguardian.sh start

I then restarted the process from the GUI (Status>Services>Dansguardian) Seeing no improvement, I also rebooted the firewall (pfSense) box.

I still see very slow browsing performance, and DG no longer seems to respond to the configuration changes I make in the pfSense GUI. I've tried clicking through each tab and clicking save thinking that there could be a new configuration version or something, but it still doesn't seem to want to work.

What is stranger, is that DG starts blocking things that couldn't possibly match what I've defined, which is essentially to only block pornography. It even started blocking sites I used to originally learn about the solution:

http://old.theninjageek.co.za/2013/07/02/pfsense-squid3-and-dansguardian-a-better-alternative-to-squidguard/

For now, I'm back to the "stock" package available through the pfSense GUI. I'm running:

2.1-RELEASE (i386)
built on Wed Sep 11 18:16:50 EDT 2013
FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p11

Dansguardian Services 2.12.0.3 pkg v.0.1.8
squid3 Network 3.1.20 pkg 2.0.6

If anybody has some other tips to try, please let me know!

Thanks,

Phob

timthetortoise

It appears this is still an issue in the latest release. I've tried the new binary fix, and it seems to hose the DG install beyond repair, resulting in having to completely remove and reinstall the DG package.

rjcrowder

@timthetortoise:

It appears this is still an issue in the latest release. I've tried the new binary fix, and it seems to hose the DG install beyond repair, resulting in having to completely remove and reinstall the DG package.

Works fine if you do the following:
1.) download the fixed dansguardian file
2.) extract the dansguardian executable
3.) stop dansguardian
4.) copy the new executable over the old one
5.) start dansguardian

Make sure you download the proper fixed dg. I saw some posts where someone was installing the wrong binary (32 bit vs. 64 bit).

timthetortoise

Indeed that was what I did. It then complained that it couldn't find dansguardian.pbiopt, and couldn't load any of the filter files. I'm guessing the patched executable wants the /usr/local/blahblahblah instead of /usr/pbi/blahblahblah directory.

Edit: To be more precise, here is my log when I start DG after using the patched amd64 binary:


Oct  3 11:20:02 firewall php: dansguardian_ldap.php: Starting Dansguardian
Oct  3 11:20:02 firewall dansguardian[58327]: Error reading /usr/local/etc/dansguardian/dansguardianf3.conf
Oct  3 11:20:02 firewall dansguardian[58327]: Error opening filter group config: /usr/local/etc/dansguardian/dansguardianf3.conf
Oct  3 11:20:02 firewall dansguardian[58327]: Error reading filter group conf file(s).
Oct  3 11:20:02 firewall dansguardian[58327]: Error parsing the dansguardian.conf file or other DansGuardian configuration files
Oct  3 11:20:02 firewall root: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dansguardian.sh: WARNING: failed to start dansguardian
Oct  3 11:20:02 firewall php: dansguardian_ldap.php: The command '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/dansguardian.sh start' returned exit code '1', the output was 'kern.ipc.somaxconn: 16384 -> 16384 kern.maxfiles: 131072 -> 131072 kern.maxfilesperproc: 104856 -> 104856 kern.threads.max_threads_per_proc: 4096 -> 4096 Starting dansguardian. Error reading: /usr/local/etc/dansguardian/dansguardianf3.conf Error opening filter group config: /usr/local/etc/dansguardian/dansguardianf3.conf Error reading filter group conf file(s). Error parsing the dansguardian.conf file or other DansGuardian configuration files /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dansguardian.sh: WARNING: failed to start dansguardian'

I will be testing this on a different VM to see if this is amd64-specific, but it does not happen on a test 386 box.

Edit2: not sure what the deal is on my production system, but it worked fine on my new amd64 install.
I ended up fixing it with this command-set:


rm -rf /usr/local/etc/dansguardian
ln -s /usr/pbi/dansguardian/etc/dansguardian /usr/local/etc/dansguardian
killall dansguardian
cd /usr/local/sbin
fetch http://e-sac.siteseguro.ws/pfsense/8/amd64/dansguardian
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/dansguardian.sh start

Now to test whether uploads are fixed or not!

Edit3: Test

Edit4: Hooray, it's fixed! Many thanks for the modified binary.

rjcrowder

Yea… I was just in the process of posting back about the sym links. Glad you got it working!