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    magoo_it @Gertjan
    last edited by Sep 4, 2023, 8:10 AM

    @Gertjan said in PHP error after reboot:

    cp config.cache config.old

    All seams ok, and I can copy the file in place, should I delete it and reboot ???
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 329076 Sep 4 09:04 config.cache
    -rw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0 Sep 4 09:08 config.lock
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 329076 Sep 4 09:07 config.old

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      magoo_it @magoo_it
      last edited by Sep 4, 2023, 8:15 AM

      Ok, I deleted the file and now I see something different:

      -rw-r--r-- 1 telegraf wheel 329076 Sep 4 09:11 config.cache

      The owner has changed from root to the telegraf user. I'm using telegraf for metrics with a v2 influx DB so I have to tweak the config file to be able to connect to the v2 DB..

      Every time the system reboot I have to copy it over the default one.
      I wish we could have some form of using influx v2 on the GUI..

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        Gertjan @magoo_it
        last edited by Sep 4, 2023, 8:25 AM

        @magoo_it said in PHP error after reboot:

        The owner has changed from root to the telegraf user.

        Yeah, that's not good at all.
        Although, thinking out load : a root process should be able to over write a file owned by 'telegraf'.

        When you ditch / disable the telegraf package, things behave normally ?

        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by Sep 4, 2023, 11:59 AM

          Looks like this: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14432

          But if you're doing something custom there it could be that.

          Steve

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            magoo_it @Gertjan
            last edited by Sep 4, 2023, 1:15 PM

            @Gertjan
            Actually, I think when the owner is telegraf it seems ok.

            I disabled the Telegraf service and removed the file. The file was not created until the watchdog service detected the service down and restarted it.
            The file was then created with the root owner, but so far no PHP error thrown.

            This is weird but it seems in fact an issue with the owner of the file, as you said, root should overcome the telegraf user.

            I've stopped the service, removed the file, watchdog starts the service, and now it's always created with the root user ...

            Well, no further investigation as we can conclude this is related to the telegaf service and the root user, and the creation of that file, and I'll keep an eye on It.

            Thank you for your insights and support.

            Best regards.
            JG

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              magoo_it @stephenw10
              last edited by Sep 4, 2023, 1:22 PM

              @stephenw10 said in PHP error after reboot:

              Looks like this: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14432

              But if you're doing something custom there it could be that.

              Steve

              Actually, the only custom is the addition of the influx db v2 part inside the telegraf.conf file.

              I guess I can change the config of the influxDB to accept it but on the other hand why? why can't we use the either version v1 or v2 influx DB connections?

              But that's not the point of this thread.

              And as said above I thank you all for your insights and help, I now understand a bit more thanks to you.

              Best regards.
              JG

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                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by Sep 4, 2023, 1:24 PM

                Well there's a patch on that bug you can apply to correct it if that's the issue.

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                  magoo_it @stephenw10
                  last edited by Sep 4, 2023, 1:49 PM

                  @stephenw10

                  Of course, no point in asking for help/support/advice and acting if all is normal.
                  I do want to see if the patch solves the issue, even if I kinda of concluded that I'm able to manage the issue.
                  So if you please can you direct/provide the link/access to the patch?

                  Much appreciated.
                  Regards,
                  Jg

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                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by Sep 4, 2023, 2:37 PM

                    You can just add the commit hash to the system patches package directly:

                    Screenshot from 2023-09-04 15-36-19.png

                    Then fetch and apply it.

                    Steve

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                      magoo_it @stephenw10
                      last edited by Sep 4, 2023, 3:54 PM

                      @stephenw10 well, I think this is for the non-ce version of PFsense ..
                      Since I cannot find, or see, that SYSTEM->Patches option.

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                        rcoleman-netgate Netgate @magoo_it
                        last edited by Sep 4, 2023, 4:13 PM

                        @magoo_it It's an add-on package for CE and Plus: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/development/system-patches.html

                        Ryan
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                          magoo_it @rcoleman-netgate
                          last edited by Sep 4, 2023, 4:18 PM

                          @rcoleman-netgate said in PHP error after reboot:

                          @magoo_it It's an add-on package for CE and Plus: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/development/system-patches.html

                          And you beat it to me ... I just opened the thread tom come here to inform you the a simple duck search just told me so ...
                          Nevertheless, I thank you so much.

                          It seems that today is not my best day on IT ... well better days will come.

                          Regards.
                          JG

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                            rcoleman-netgate Netgate @magoo_it
                            last edited by Sep 4, 2023, 5:04 PM

                            @magoo_it said in PHP error after reboot:

                            It seems that today is not my best day on IT ... well better days will come.

                            aww, don't be so hard on yourself. I have to keep a sticky on the Reddit group about this tool because it seems very few people there know about it, either. 😸

                            Ryan
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