Nethsec missing users after update

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hi, it with the latest updates the users in local database seem to disappear (and therefore also the openvpn users)
these are the updates (on NethSecurity 8-23.05.3-ns.1.0.1) :

ns-api 0.0.76-1 to 0.0.77-1
ns-dpi 0.0.5-1 to 0.0.6-1
ns-migration 0.0.11-1 to 0.0.12-1
ns-objects 0.0.2-1 to 0.0.3-1
ns-openvpn 0.0.2-1 to 0.0.3-1
ns-ui 1.0.7-1 to 1.0.10-1
python3-nethsec 0.0.61-1 to 0.0.64-1

thx

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I guess there is no error inside the UI.

Can you share the output of the following commands (remember to redact passwords, if present):

  • cat /etc/config/users
  • /usr/libexec/rpcd/ns.users call list-databases
  • echo '{"database": "main"}' | /usr/libexec/rpcd/ns.users call list-users
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Holy moly! I’ve been able to reproduce it, it seems the users database is wiped out, I’m so sorry for this very bad bug.

I filled a issue: Local database users disappears · Issue #625 · NethServer/nethsecurity · GitHub

The issue is contained inside the ns-objects package that I have promptly removed
from the stable repository.

You should be able to recreate the users by hand.
If all your users were used inside an OpenVPN server, I can setup a script to recreate them automatically: let me know.

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As bad as that bug sounds and the inconvience it causes, this is by far the best reaction and response I have seen in a long time… :joy: You’ve just made my day and I thank you for it.

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Fix released.

If anyone has this issue, try to restore from a backup.
Otherwise let me know if you need a way to recreate (not recover) the db from OpenVPN config.

Thanks @dz00te for reporting! :pray:

@alefattorini send him a beer, a t-shirt or whatever you hide in your closet! :smiley:

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@dz00te you’re welcome at our Eroi Digitali meeting in October :smiley: or directly in Nethesis
when you’re passing through. A fresh beer is ready for you

Happy Hour Drinking GIF by Busch

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wow fixed before I even got around to replying with more info :open_mouth:
(tested new update, all ok)

no problem for me, it was a vm so I did a rollback. I immediately wrote on the forum just to warn devs and other users

Thank you! :+1: :love_you_gesture:

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I’ve updated today, but now my users disappeared also.

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Was the fix implemented for the stable release ?

Restored backup and they are back for now

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Yes, the fix has been release few days ago.

I’m very sorry for what happened, but I’m afraid the update server is distributing an old version of the ns-objects package.
I’ve temporarily stopped the server to avoid further issues.

Can I ask you which version of ns-objects you have installed?
You can check it with:

ns-objects release should be 0.0.5, but the server is distributing the 0.0.3.

I need time to inspect the issue: I will post here my findings.

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How can i check the version of ns-objects?
When i do the update check i see 0.0.2-1 (see also screenshot in previous reply)

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From command line execute:

opkg info ns-objects

Not exactly, the screenshot displays an update from 0.0.2 to 0.0.3.

This is now fixed.

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Ok.

opkg info ns-objects
Package: ns-objects
Version: 0.0.3-1
Depends: libc, python3-nethsec
Status: install user installed
Architecture: all
Conffiles:
 /etc/config/objects e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
Installed-Time: 1720459157

i’ll try later (when possible) to do th update again

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Everything is now updated and no problems found.
Users are still there

Thanks !!

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