Astdb.txt will not update

Allmon
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Hello all

I get the following error when I run repeater@Pi-ASL:/var/www/html/allmon2$sudo ./astdb.php.

repeater@Pi-ASL:/var/www/html/allmon2$ sudo ./astdb.php
Retry 1 of 5. Will retry http://allmondb.allstarlink.org/
Retry 2 of 5. Will retry http://allmondb.allstarlink.org/
Retry 3 of 5. Will retry http://allmondb.allstarlink.org/
Retry 4 of 5. Will retry http://allmondb.allstarlink.org/
Retry 5 of 5. Will retry http://allmondb.allstarlink.org/
astdb.txt: Retries exceeded!! 0 bytes - Invalid: file too small, bailing out.

Thanks.

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Does this server have internet connect active?
Can you ping something outside your NAT?

3

Hello Mike

Yes, I can run the asl diagnostic menu. It pings the google DNS and the pings the register.allstarlink.org.

4

Perhaps check permissions.
I think if you are running this ( ./astdb.php ) from the command line, perhaps sudo ./astdb.php

I set file to rwx rx r - 754 octal

Lets us know your progress.

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What results when the file is opened in a browser?

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same issue here- trying from supermon and allmon2. Deleted txt from supermon but same results. I changed allmon2 db txt chmod from 644 to 754- no change. Opening web link in browser shows db instantly no problem. Have not changed anything on this node in ages. (also seeing issues w Allscan posted in another thread- unsure if related) thx

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Please copy-n-paste both the command and responses to these 2 commands:

echo $PATH; ls -l $(which astdb.php)
ls -l /var/www/html/allmon2 | grep astdb.php

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Thank you-

root@Pi-ASL-48654:/home/repeater# echo $PATH; ls -l $(which astdb.php)
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 760 Feb 25 2021 /usr/sbin/astdb.php
root@Pi-ASL-48654:/home/repeater# ls -l /var/www/html/allmon2 | grep astdb.php
-rwxrwx— 1 root root 2813 Dec 21 10:09 astdb.php
root@Pi-ASL-48654:/home/repeater#

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OK,thank you. Your initial post quoted user “repeater”, this time it was “root”, so the $PATH now includes the location /usr/sbin where astdb.php resides. In your initial post, you tried to execute a file that doesn’t have permission for user repeater.

So you can type astdb.php at a prompt for either repeater or root, if $PATH for repeater also contains /usr/sbin .

One additional command of interest is:
diff /usr/sbin/astdb.php /var/www/html/allmon2/astdb.php

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You are mixing me up with the OP- apologies. The OP last reply was July 2023. I don’t understand your last reply. Appreciate the assistance.

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At a root command prompt, type astdb.php

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check permissions on the file if it does not run

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Permissions differ:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 760 Feb 25 2021 /usr/sbin/astdb.php
-rwxrwx— 1 root root 2813 Dec 21 10:09 /var/www/html/allmon2/astdb.php

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As I mentioned astdb.php runs fine just produces the results in the OP. I went to check permissions and ran it again from both locations and both worked fine. Nothing changed I am aware of. No info I can offer as to why it started working again. Thx for the help.

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It could e that you were just suffering from the browser cache not being updated and everything was fine in the first place but you didn’t see new data in browser.

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No that was not the issue. I was not even looking at a browser. Issue was that running astdb.php produced errors as shown in the OP. I am familiar with ctrl-F5 for clearing browser interfaces. Thx for the suggestion.