Server-manager - lost configuration?

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Hi I just trying/starting work with Nethserver.

After 3 months of using 1st time configured Nethserver, today I discover some problem.
I would like to make some changes in configuration, but in “server-manager” I see only empty settings - really no one configuration settings are not there.
In backup-config I see all my “data settings” such as Accounts, Configurtion, etc

Server is working, still good and alive… :slight_smile:
It is difficult for me to make some changes on “working server” now.
Somebody with similar experience or some advice? I have no idea.

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Could you attach a screenshot?

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I can of course, coz I am searching some solution :slight_smile: I have cca 10 users, 3 samba shared folders, some web shared folders. Some examples follows:

Dashboard.JPG1280×1024 71.6 KB

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Dashboard-services.JPG1280×1024 20.3 KB

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SharedFolders.JPG1280×1024 32.2 KB

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Users.JPG1280×1024 36.3 KB

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Please, try the following commands at a Bash prompt:

systemctl status smwingsd
systemctl restart smwingsd

Also the output of the following command can help

journalctl -u smwingsd

As alternative, reboot your server.

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Thanks, server was rebooted, it doesn’t effect. I dont see daemon with that name inside. Whats that daemon do? I hear no words about it

Sorry I am looking for some info about

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Hi @maio, it seems you’re using NS 6.

Please do the following:

  • check the db files are in place, this commands should give a long output:

      config show
  db accounts show

  • check the smwingsd daemon is running:

       status smwingsd

  • look for errors in /var/log/messages

Post your findings here :slight_smile:

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Hi giacomo
as u can see :slight_smile: I use it in “production environent”, so I am on still NS6.
I thought about some alpha/beta of 7, but only few infos I can see about stability test in work environent.
As u can read before I did write database is correct, I can read, write keys using db/config commands - I see all settings in DB and everything seems correct. The server makes job as from first start…
I have the problem with web interface “server-manager” only (I see no problem anywhere except. web interface ) and it is a “little diffcult to me” make all changes on commandline only.
smwingsd seems OK too, there is no reported problem on its own log, in messages I dont see nothing more, or interesting.

Hmm may be I will try fullbackup, new installation and restore. It does take little time against searching whats the problem

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I’ve really no idea. :open_mouth:

@davidep do you know some trick for GUI debugging? Do you know any other log to analyze?

As last change, eventually, can we remotely access the machine via SSH?

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It’s hard to say… From the dashboard screenshot I see there’s no data from any esmith DB. It can’t be a single corrupted file!

Log files could give a clue:

  • /var/log/httpd-admin/error_log
  • /var/log/messages

Also rpm -Va sometimes helps

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So it looks problem was in /var/lib/nethserver/db.
On some files I had owners " root:root ", but correct owners must be set to " root:adm " and everything’s now seems correct

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