[ZendTo] Re: Large Files and Rebuilding libphp5.so

Wed Jan 4 15:31:39 GMT 2012

Can you try switching on all the error_reporting in the Apache2 version 
of php.ini and then see if it produces any errors?
Also, what does the error_log for your web server say? Either of those 
may show what's wrong.

Jules.

On 04/01/2012 15:23, Brian Ott wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 09:15:41AM +0000, Jules wrote:
>>
>> On 03/01/2012 19:43, Brian Ott wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 04:36:03PM +0000, Jules wrote:
>>>> On 03/01/2012 15:17, Brian Ott wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 03:07:22PM +0000, Jules wrote:
>>>>>> Are you sure your MySQL server is actually running? Not a clue how to
>>>>>> start it in Debian, but you should check that the mysqld is actually
>>>>>> running.
>>>>> MySQL is running in debian you use '/etc/init.d/mysql start'
>>>>>
>>>>> root      1322     1  0  2011 ?        00:00:00 /bin/sh
>>>>> /usr/bin/mysqld_safe
>>>>> mysql     1554  1322  0  2011 ?        00:03:17 /usr/sbin/mysqld
>>>>> --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql
>>>>> --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
>>>>> --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock --port=3306
>>>>> root      1555  1322  0  2011 ?        00:00:00 logger -t mysqld -p
>>>>> daemon.error
>>>>>
>>>>> ps shows its running, but I would have thought that isn't the issue
>>>>> since it still states at the end 'build successful' I'm not sure why
>>>>> exactly it needs MySQL daemon running while building libphp5 (due to
>>>>> my ignorance).
>>>> Because it likes to test things, and the lack of mysqld is what is
>>>> causing the build to fail:
>>>>
>>>> Timed out waiting for mysql server to be available
>>>>
>>>> appears in the error log you included.
>>>>
>>>> Whether that will actually help, I don't know, but it might get rid of
>>>> that reason for it failing, so you can see later tests run.
>>>>
>>>> Jules.
>>> Thanks for the reply Jules, I went back and made sure I had things
>>> setup right. I followed the instructions again and I was able to build
>>> all the new .deb packages with the command ' dpkg-buildpackage
>>> -rfakeroot -uc -b -j2'
>>>
>>> Everything seemed OK nothing alarming was set off, once it completed
>>> building I followed the exact instructions:
>>>
>>> cd debian/libapache2-mod-php5/usr/lib/apache2/modules
>>> mv /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.so
>>> /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.so-UBUNTU
>>> cp libphp5.so /usr/lib/apache2/modules/
>>>
>>> (this is the same in Debian)
>>>
>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.0M Jan  3 14:08 libphp5.so
>>>
>>> The file is there and it looks good but I'm still experiencing the
>>> same symptoms. I cannot login or hit the verify page while trying to
>>> do a dropoff. Is there any debugging I could do or turn on? I'm
>>> curious as to why this new one does this but the old one is fine. I'm
>>> doing this on php version 5.3.3.
>> Have you configured the authenticator in preferences.php correctly?
>> Unless you have set that up (and added a user if you're using local
>> authentication) you won't be able to login. Check /var/zendto/zendto.log
>> as well.
>>
>> Jules
> Yes, to mention we are using LDAP, with the default libphp5.so file
> that comes with debian when installing it through apt, everything
> works. I can login with LDAP credentials, I can have users who are not
> logged in 'dropoff' files etc. The problem then is large file sizes,
> so I followed the instructions on zendto.com about modifying php5 to
> support larger file sizes. I've rebuilt the libphp5.so according to
> the website, and now using that modified one I get these issues where
> I cannot login and use the 'dropoff' feature.
>
> When I try to login it just brings me back to the login page. If I try
> to just do a dropoff without login It brings me to a page failed (here
> is a Screnshot: http://imgur.com/dxMwD)
>
> So the problem is the libphp5.so but I cannot figure out what about it
> is the problem. I redid the steps according to your website and it
> went fine. So what I'm curious about is why its failing, do I need to
> do something else? How can I test that the libphp5.so that I have that
> is modified is any good? How can I see why its failing.
>
> If I replace back the original libphp5.so file everything works but
> then I don't get large file transfers.
>
> (Btw when it works, it works great!)
>
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'It's okay to live without all the answers' - Charlie Eppes, 2011
'All programs have a desire to be useful' - Tron, 1982
'That is the land of lost content,
  I see it shining plain,
  The happy highways where I went,
  And cannot come again.' - A.E. Houseman