over quota .htpasswd problem

I tried to add a new user to an access-restricted directory today.

I hadn't noticed that this account had gone over quota.

Adding the user failed with an error message that didn't explain what the problem was, but that's not a big deal.

What was more of a problem was that it replaced the .htpasswd file with one of 0 bytes, immediately locking all the current users out.

It would be good to have some checking built in to stop this happening!

 

Where exactly did you have this problem? Under Web-FTP, when you try to password-protect a directory?

I've just tried that and couldn't reproduce it.

 

Yes, that was what I did.

However, there seem to be other quota problems. I'd really like to rebuild the quota files, but I'm not sure how to do it.

quotaoff -av
quotacheck -augvm
quotaon -a

don't sort it out for me. I get this:

# quotaon -a
quotaon: using //quota.group on /dev/md/0 [/]: No such process
quotaon: Quota format not supported in kernel.
quotaon: using //quota.user on /dev/md/0 [/]: No such process
quotaon: Quota format not supported in kernel.

Any ideas?

 

Are the quota modules loaded? Please try

Code:

modprobe quota_v1
modprobe quota_v2

 

Seems not:

FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.26-bytemark-x86/modules.dep: No such file or directory

So what should I do to fix it?

 

What are the outputs of

Code:

ls -la /lib/modules/2.6.26-bytemark-x86/

and

Code:

uname -a

?

 

# ls -la /lib/modules/2.6.26-bytemark-x86/
ls: /lib/modules/2.6.26-bytemark-x86/: No such file or directory

# uname -a
Linux hosting.hairydog.co.uk 2.6.26-bytemark-x86 #1 SMP Thu Jul 24 19:28:31 BST 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

so I tried:

# ls -la /lib/modules/
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Aug 13 01:59 .
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Aug 1 01:13 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 9 2006 2.6.16-1-k7
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 4 2008 2.6.18-5-686
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 4 2008 2.6.18-5-686-bigmem
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 7 21:44 2.6.18-6-686-bigmem
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 13 01:59 2.6.24


then

/lib/modules/2.6.24# ls -la
total 1612
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 13 01:59 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Aug 13 01:59 ..
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Aug 13 01:59 kernel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 359744 Aug 13 01:59 modules.alias
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 Aug 13 01:59 modules.ccwmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 332208 Aug 13 01:59 modules.dep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 147 Aug 13 01:59 modules.ieee1394map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 451 Aug 13 01:59 modules.inputmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22301 Aug 13 01:59 modules.isapnpmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74 Aug 13 01:59 modules.ofmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 271552 Aug 13 01:59 modules.pcimap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1387 Aug 13 01:59 modules.seriomap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156430 Aug 13 01:59 modules.symbols
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 438571 Aug 13 01:59 modules.usbmap

but it isn't looking there anyway!

 

You're running a kernel that doesn't exist on your file system...

What's in /boot/grub/menu.lst?

 

I can guess how it came to be like this. The whole thing was migrated to more powerful hardware a month or so ago, and the people we lease the hardware from had to fiddle about with different kernels to get it to boot. Maybe they left things in a strange state, or a directory was wrongly named?

Anyway, the answer to your question is:

default 0
timeout 10
serial --speed=115200
terminal --timeout=10 serial console

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
default 0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 5

# Pretty colours
color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$jhhU0/$aW78kHe3t3tt3eV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/md0 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(single-user) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-bytemark-x86
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-bytemark-x86 root=/dev/md0 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-bytemark-x86 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-bytemark-x86 root=/dev/md0 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 single
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-rc6-bytemark-x86
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-rc6-bytemark-x86 root=/dev/md0 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-rc6-bytemark-x86 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-rc6-bytemark-x86 root=/dev/md0 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 single
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.24
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24 root=/dev/md0 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.24 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24 root=/dev/md0 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-6-686-bigmem
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-686-bigmem root=/dev/md0 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-6-686-bigmem
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-6-686-bigmem (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-686-bigmem root=/dev/md0 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-6-686-bigmem
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-686-bigmem
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686-bigmem root=/dev/md0 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686-bigmem
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-686-bigmem (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686-bigmem root=/dev/md0 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686-bigmem
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-686
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 root=/dev/md0 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-686 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 root=/dev/md0 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16-1-k7
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-1-k7 root=/dev/md0 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-1-k7
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16-1-k7 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-1-k7 root=/dev/md0 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-1-k7
savedefault

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

 

Ok, can you back up the current menu.lst and then run

Code:

update-grub

?
What does menu.lst look like then?

 

I've now switched to the next release of the kernel and there is a matching directory. But it didn't fix the problem!

So then I deleted the quota files and rebuilt them. That seems to have sorted the problem out. Looks as if the quota file format changed without doing a conversion.