From rajiv_d@yahoo.com Fri Jun 2 08:58:11 2006 Received: from web60611.mail.yahoo.com (web60611.mail.yahoo.com [209.73.178.194]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k52Fw5Kc016760 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 08:58:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 63486 invoked by uid 60001); 2 Jun 2006 15:58:04 -0000 Message-ID: <20060602155804.63484.qmail@web60611.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [207.47.9.5] by web60611.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 02 Jun 2006 08:58:04 PDT Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 08:58:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Subject: Digi CM config To: users@conserver.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1255189113-1149263884=:61373" X-Spam-Score: -4.462 () BAYES_00,HTML_MESSAGE,NO_REAL_NAME X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:58:12 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format... --0-1255189113-1149263884=:61373 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi New to conserver and am trying to get the digi Conserver model CM48 working with conserver version 8.1.14 which is installed on a Linux box. the digi is connected to Rackable Servers running linux ES3 via serial port, I can telnet directly from the digi to the rackables servers port 7001 - 48 . how do i use conserver to log information on the consoles connected to the digi. I mean like a pass thru the digi that is connected to the hosts and log the information on the ports. Thanks in advance for Any hints or a config current conserver.cf file is default full { rw *;} default * { include full; timestamp 1hab; logfile /var/log/conserver/consoles/&; master localhost; host digi-0; portbase 7000; portinc 1; } console host-1 {port 26;} access { 127.0.0.1;} trusted console; } __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --0-1255189113-1149263884=:61373 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi
New to conserver and  am trying to get the digi Conserver model CM48 working with conserver version 8.1.14 which is installed on a Linux box. the digi is connected to Rackable Servers running linux ES3 via serial port, I can telnet directly from the digi to the rackables servers port 7001 - 48

. how do i use conserver to log information  on the consoles connected to the digi. I mean like a pass thru the digi that is connected to the hosts and log the information on the ports.



Thanks in advance for Any hints or a config

current conserver.cf file is


default full { rw *;}
default * {
    include full;
    timestamp 1hab;
    logfile /var/log/conserver/consoles/&;
    master localhost;
    host digi-0;
    portbase 7000;
    portinc 1;

    }
console host-1 {port 26;}
access  { 127.0.0.1;}
    trusted console;
}

   




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http://mail.yahoo.com --0-1255189113-1149263884=:61373-- From bryan@stansell.org Fri Jun 2 15:21:31 2006 Received: from underdog.stansell.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k52MLVJY019315 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:21:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bryan@localhost) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k52MLVC2019314 for users@conserver.com; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:21:31 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:21:31 -0700 From: Bryan Stansell To: users@conserver.com Subject: Re: Digi CM config Message-ID: <20060602222131.GE27261@underdog.stansell.org> References: <20060602155804.63484.qmail@web60611.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060602155804.63484.qmail@web60611.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 22:21:32 -0000 well, if i understand things right, you're almost there. there were a couple of syntax issues with the config and here's the one i came up with: default full { rw *;} default * { include full; timestamp 1hab; logfile /var/log/conserver/consoles/&; master localhost; host digi-0; portbase 7000; portinc 1; type host; } console host-1 {port 26;} access * { trusted console; } that defines the console 'host-1' as port 7026 on the digi called 'digi-0'. which i believe is what you want...and what you almost had. now just put more console entries for the other ports, and you should be set. Bryan From stoffj@taec.toshiba.com Wed Jun 7 15:04:56 2006 Received: from mailhost.taec.toshiba.com (mailhost.taec.com [209.243.128.33]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k57M4mwm007324 for ; Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:04:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sekrit.taec.toshiba.com (IDENT:U2FsdGVkX1+srpUZxoBd8+8KvW2v2nlVnSEvBZnJIt8@sekrit.taec.com [209.243.166.44]) by mailhost.taec.toshiba.com (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id k57M4gGe001455; Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:04:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from stoffj@localhost) by sekrit.taec.toshiba.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id k57M4gAl025090; Wed, 7 Jun 2006 18:04:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17543.19834.173016.827690@sekrit.taec.toshiba.com> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 18:04:42 -0400 From: "John Stoffel" To: Subject: Re: Digi CM config In-Reply-To: <20060602155804.63484.qmail@web60611.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060602155804.63484.qmail@web60611.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 21.4.1 X-Spam-Score: -4.901 () BAYES_00 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 Cc: users@conserver.com X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:04:57 -0000 > New to conserver and am trying to get the digi Conserver model CM48 > working with conserver version 8.1.14 which is installed on a Linux > box. the digi is connected to Rackable Servers running linux ES3 via > serial port, I can telnet directly from the digi to the rackables > servers port 7001 - 48 I use conserver to talk to a Digi CM32 hooked up to Rackables. It's easy. I see that Bryan has already given you some hints, but if you need more help, feel free to ask. John From ppacheco@genesyslab.com Thu Jun 8 15:53:48 2006 Received: from g2.genesyslab.com (g2.genesyslab.com [198.49.180.210]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k58MrfhB024615 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 15:53:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SAURON.us.int.genesyslab.com ([192.168.20.232]) by g2.genesyslab.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 8 Jun 2006 15:53:38 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C68B4E.616CE946" Subject: Upgrading from version 7 to version 8. Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 15:53:38 -0700 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Upgrading from version 7 to version 8. Thread-Index: AcaLTmFR9GsY3unzTSSL8+iO/zgbRQ== From: "Phillip Pacheco" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Jun 2006 22:53:38.0695 (UTC) FILETIME=[618C9170:01C68B4E] X-Spam-Score: -4.285 () BAYES_00,HTML_60_70,HTML_MESSAGE X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:53:48 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------_=_NextPart_001_01C68B4E.616CE946 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Conserver folks, =20 I am about to upgrade from conserver version 7.1.3 to 8.1.0. I have a pre-compiled package of Conserver 8 for Sun Solaris. =20 I would like to know, is there a tool available to automagically convert the conserver.cf file from the 7x format to the 8x format? =20 I have a fairly large conserver network here, what are the implications / considerations for upgrading one server at a time?=20=20 =20 If I am to make a temporary situation where I have 2 separate networks, is it a problem/possible to have 1 Cyclades console server be accessible by 2 separate console networks? =20 Phillip Pacheco WIS-UNIX Genesys=20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C68B4E.616CE946 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline

Conserver folks,

 

I am about to upgrade from conserver version 7.1.3 to 8.1.0.  I have a pre-compiled package of Conserver 8 for Sun Solaris.<= o:p>

 

I would like to know, is there a tool available to automagically convert the conserver.cf file from the 7x format to the 8x format?

 

I have a fairly large conserver network here, what are t= he implications / considerations for upgrading one server at a time? 

 

If I am to make a temporary situation where I have 2 sep= arate networks, is it a problem/possible to have 1 Cyclades console server be accessible by 2 separate console networks?

 

Phillip Pacheco

WIS-UNIX

Genesys

------_=_NextPart_001_01C68B4E.616CE946-- From bryan@stansell.org Thu Jun 8 16:16:44 2006 Received: from underdog.stansell.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k58NGiSt024882 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 16:16:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bryan@localhost) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k58NGi7g024881 for users@conserver.com; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 16:16:44 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 16:16:44 -0700 From: Bryan Stansell To: users@conserver.com Subject: Re: Upgrading from version 7 to version 8. Message-ID: <20060608231644.GD22276@underdog.stansell.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:16:45 -0000 On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 03:53:38PM -0700, Phillip Pacheco wrote: > I am about to upgrade from conserver version 7.1.3 to 8.1.0. I have a > pre-compiled package of Conserver 8 for Sun Solaris. you should really use 8.1.14...there were a LOT of bug fixes. using that is, well, daring (knowing what i know now - at the time, of course, it was great!). > I would like to know, is there a tool available to automagically convert > the conserver.cf file from the 7x format to the 8x format? there is a 'convert' program built alongside the conserver binary. if you have a pre-compiled version, hopefully it was bundled in. there are instructions in the distribution that talk about it and how to use it. > I have a fairly large conserver network here, what are the implications > / considerations for upgrading one server at a time? the only problem is the 'console' commands talking to the two versions. you really need to use the new 'console' command when talking to the new server. you can certainly upgrade each instance, one after the other, and during that time users might have issues (but there are ways to work around that with the -M 'console' option, etc). but when you're done, you should have a nice unified world. > If I am to make a temporary situation where I have 2 separate networks, > is it a problem/possible to have 1 Cyclades console server be accessible > by 2 separate console networks? if you mean have one version of conserver talk to half of the cyclades and another version talk to the other half, it's no problem. if that's not it...i'm not sure what you mean. the details about how your conserver installs are set up, where the console command is run, whether or not you have a distributed conserver.cf file or many individual ones, etc all impact how easy or difficult it will be. aside from, perhaps, a global upgrade where work schedules conflicts might arise, the technical parts should be relatively straightforward. hopefully that helps a bit. if you want to talk in more detail, feel free to email me directly with any specific concerns. Bryan From cfowler@outpostsentinel.com Thu Jun 15 17:48:41 2006 Received: from www.linuxiceberg.com (66-23-224-81.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.224.81]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k5G0mXJx025936 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:48:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.115] ([192.168.1.115]) by www.linuxiceberg.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k5G0nDP06547 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:49:13 -0400 Subject: 8.X config From: Christopher Fowler To: users@conserver.com Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:48:30 -0400 Message-Id: <1150418911.27472.83.camel@shuttle.linxdev.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-7) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.901 () BAYES_00 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:48:42 -0000 Hopefully someone here can give me some pointers on configuring 8.X since I'm used to 7.X. Here is my config: # first, we're going to set some generic console defaults so that we # don't have to duplicate them for each console. default * { logfile /var/log/consoles/&; # '&' is replaced with console name timestamp 1hab; # write timestamps rw *; # allow all users master localhost; type host; } console fc4 { type uds; uds /home/vmware/vmware/fc4/ttyS0; } # set up the an access list to avoid the default # anything *not* matched here will fallback to the default access (-a) # mode access * { trusted 127.0.0.1; } I'm trying to add a console that is connected via a PERL script. The perl script interfaces with a modem and dials a remote device. So I do not want it to stay connected 24x7. I only want it to run when a user is attached. Any pointers? From bryan@stansell.org Thu Jun 15 19:59:10 2006 Received: from underdog.stansell.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k5G2xAuQ026813 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:59:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bryan@localhost) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.7/8.13.7/Submit) id k5G2xA2q026812 for users@conserver.com; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:59:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:59:10 -0700 From: Bryan Stansell To: users@conserver.com Subject: Re: 8.X config Message-ID: <20060616025910.GG13591@underdog.stansell.org> References: <1150418911.27472.83.camel@shuttle.linxdev.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1150418911.27472.83.camel@shuttle.linxdev.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:59:11 -0000 On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 08:48:30PM -0400, Christopher Fowler wrote: > I'm trying to add a console that is connected via a PERL script. The > perl script interfaces with a modem and dials a remote device. So I do > not want it to stay connected 24x7. I only want it to run when a user > is attached. Any pointers? console foo { options ondemand; type exec; exec your-command and options here; # 'execsubst' might be useful as well, if you want magic # to occur in the 'exec' line } From cfowler@outpostsentinel.com Fri Jun 16 05:48:16 2006 Received: from www.linuxiceberg.com (66-23-224-81.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.224.81]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k5GCm9aE007927; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:48:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.115] ([192.168.1.115]) by www.linuxiceberg.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k5GCmmP06570; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:48:48 -0400 Subject: Re: 8.X config From: Christopher Fowler To: Bryan Stansell In-Reply-To: <20060616025910.GG13591@underdog.stansell.org> References: <1150418911.27472.83.camel@shuttle.linxdev.com> <20060616025910.GG13591@underdog.stansell.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:48:04 -0400 Message-Id: <1150462085.27472.92.camel@shuttle.linxdev.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-7) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.901 () BAYES_00 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 Cc: users@conserver.com X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:48:17 -0000 My biggest problem is that I have 7.X servers out there that can not be upgraded. My Java client uses the 7.X protocol and adding a 8.X server may hurt me. I need on demand because I do not want the modem to stay dialed all the time. One option is to stay with 7.X and modify the program so it manages the modem and only connects when the user is doing something. It can then timeout on select() for 5m and if that timeout occurs it can drop the line. It makes my program a tad more complex but I wrote it and I can make it do anything I want it to do :) On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 19:59 -0700, Bryan Stansell wrote: > On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 08:48:30PM -0400, Christopher Fowler wrote: > > I'm trying to add a console that is connected via a PERL script. The > > perl script interfaces with a modem and dials a remote device. So I do > > not want it to stay connected 24x7. I only want it to run when a user > > is attached. Any pointers? > > console foo { > options ondemand; > type exec; > exec your-command and options here; > # 'execsubst' might be useful as well, if you want magic > # to occur in the 'exec' line > } > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@conserver.com > https://www.conserver.com/mailman/listinfo/users From ksf@sei.cmu.edu Tue Jun 20 13:48:41 2006 Received: from smtp01.sei.cmu.edu (smtp01.sei.cmu.edu [192.58.107.164]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k5KKmXVa004893 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:48:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ms01.sei.cmu.edu (ms01.sei.cmu.edu [128.237.22.36]) by smtp01.sei.cmu.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11/359) with ESMTP id k5KKmWuI029375 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:48:33 -0400 Received: from pcam.sei.cmu.edu (pcam.sei.cmu.edu [128.237.5.100]) by ms01.sei.cmu.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1/385) with ESMTP id k5KKmUuo022607 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:48:31 -0400 Subject: Creating an Alias From: Kodiak Firesmith To: users@conserver.com Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:48:29 -0400 Message-Id: <1150836509.20546.8.camel@pcam> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.901 () BAYES_00 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:48:42 -0000 Hello all, I'm having a problem that is somewhat addressed in the FAQ, but the author did not go into depth on how to fix it. I need to create and alias, as prescribed in FAQ #6: 6) What does "console: gethostbyname: console: host lookup error" mean (or something close to that)? When the console command was compiled, it was told to use the hostname "console" (what came after gethostbyname:) as the master conserver host. You'll need to either reconfigure with the appropriate name of your conserver host (--with-master=) or add an alias of "console". In most cases, adding an alias is my suggestion. I would like to know how and where to make this alias. Thanks in advance! --Kodiak From koch@cs.utk.edu Tue Jun 20 14:27:42 2006 Received: from ka.cs.utk.edu (ka.cs.utk.edu [160.36.56.221]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k5KLRYdF005214 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:27:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ka.cs.utk.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 251A22F243 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:27:51 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new with ClamAV and SpamAssasin at cs.utk.edu Received: from ka.cs.utk.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ka.cs.utk.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id mqIHjal4Hmcj for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:27:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from duff.cs.utk.edu (duff.cs.utk.edu [160.36.58.161]) by ka.cs.utk.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCBC42F242 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:27:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: by duff.cs.utk.edu (Postfix, from userid 12298) id D24CD3305E; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:27:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:27:20 -0400 From: Scott Michael Koch To: users@conserver.com Subject: Re: Creating an Alias Message-ID: <20060620212719.GA32116@duff.cs.utk.edu> References: <1150836509.20546.8.camel@pcam> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1150836509.20546.8.camel@pcam> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Spam-Score: -4.901 () BAYES_00 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:27:43 -0000 On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 04:48:29PM -0400, Kodiak Firesmith wrote: > Hello all, > I'm having a problem that is somewhat addressed in the FAQ, but the > author did not go into depth on how to fix it. I need to create and > alias, as prescribed in FAQ #6: > > 6) What does "console: gethostbyname: console: host lookup error" > mean (or something close to that)? > > When the console command was compiled, it was told to use the > hostname "console" (what came after gethostbyname:) as the master > conserver host. You'll need to either reconfigure with the > appropriate name of your conserver host (--with-master=) or > add an alias of "console". In most cases, adding an alias is my > suggestion. > > I would like to know how and where to make this alias. > The --with-master option specifies the DNS hostname of your master console server. So if you do not specify that option, it will look for a machine with the hostname 'console'. So you will need to create a DNS alias(i.e. a CNAME) to point the name 'console' at the hostname of your console server. -Scott -- ============================================== Scott Koch CS Undergraduate & UTKCS System Administrator 865-974-3840 / koch@cs.utk.edu http://www.cs.utk.edu/~koch ============================================== From elmars.ositis@hvb.lv Wed Jun 21 12:18:58 2006 Received: from lonmvw1.europe.hypovereinsbank.com (lonmvw1.europe.hypovereinsbank.com [193.189.80.20]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k5LJIpRR020251 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:18:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lonmxi1.europe.hypovereinsbank.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lonmvw1.europe.hypovereinsbank.com (HVBMail) with ESMTP id 1AEB86D49 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:18:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from xigbrsn1.uk.hypovereinsbank.com (unknown [129.84.10.190]) by lonmxi1.europe.hypovereinsbank.com (HVBMail) with ESMTP id C74498030 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:21:31 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Elmars Ositis is on vacation. 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HVB London Branch is authorised by the BaFIN and regulated by the Financial Services Authority for the conduct of UK business From cross+conserver@distal.com Thu Jun 29 10:17:42 2006 Received: from rwcrmhc15.comcast.net (rwcrmhc15.comcast.net [204.127.192.85]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k5THHV8I011775; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:17:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.distal.com ([69.140.93.10]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc15) with ESMTP id <20060629171726m1500dfu4ae>; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:17:26 +0000 Received: from [38.100.32.81] ([38.100.32.81]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.distal.com (8.13.6.20060614/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k5THHMY8016170 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:17:24 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20051019222054.GB9517@underdog.stansell.org> References: <20050602062918.GJ4552@underdog.stansell.org> <4342E332.9030109@distal.com> <20051004230730.GD19884@underdog.stansell.org> <434C3397.5040201@distal.com> <434E95B5.8030805@distal.com> <20051013233433.GN19884@underdog.stansell.org> <4356969E.6090908@distal.com> <43569BAA.5040308@distal.com> <20051019222054.GB9517@underdog.stansell.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chris Ross Subject: Re: SSL, certs, and conserver (fix included) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:17:21 -0400 To: Bryan Stansell X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) X-Spam-Score: -4.901 () BAYES_00 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 Cc: users@conserver.com X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:17:43 -0000 On Oct 19, 2005, at 6:20 PM, Bryan Stansell wrote: >> So, I have a workaround now, but would like to >> know if you knew that it required something above >> 0.9.7d? Thanks... > > i didn't know (or expect) a requirement of using something newer than > 0.9.7d. the code used to work with 0.9.6, etc. something could very > well have changed such that it's not backward compatible any more - in > some way. > > surprisingly, i have openssl-0.9.7d (as well as a handful of other > versions on my box). here's two (0.9.7d and 0.9.7c): So, time flies by, jobs change, and now I'm at a totally different place finding the same problem. It's still a sparc Solaris 10 machine, in this case Solaris 10 Update 1 (I think. We have update 2 boxes around, as well, but this is an Update 1 box). I have the aforementioned problem that when running with a compilation against the Solaris 0.9.7d OpenSSL, I get: [Thu Jun 29 12:51:37 2006] conserver (5930): ERROR: FileSSLAccept(): SSL error on fd 5 as output from conserver -v, and I get: $ console -x console: SSL negotiation failed 5932:error:140D308A:SSL routines:TLS1_SETUP_KEY_BLOCK:cipher or hash unavailable:../../../../common/openssl/ssl/t1_enc.c:449: $ from the client command as shown. :-/ I found the old conversation on the web (and later in my mailbox. ;-) and now know that with a fair amount of effort, I can work around this problem, but it seems like we should try to figure out why this fails on Solaris. If you think you might have some time to help me with it s'more, I can probably even make a solaris box available to you, given a little bit of time. Let me know if you have any other suggestions of things to try. conserver -V output is attached, in case it's useful... $ /usr/local/sbin/conserver -V conserver: conserver.com version 8.1.14 conserver: default access type `r' conserver: default escape sequence `^Ec' conserver: default configuration in `/etc/conserver/conserver.cf' conserver: default password in `/etc/conserver/conserver.passwd' conserver: default logfile is `/var/log/conserver' conserver: default pidfile is `/var/run/conserver.pid' conserver: default limit is 16 members per group conserver: default primary port referenced as `conserver' conserver: default secondary base port referenced as `0' conserver: options: openssl, pam conserver: openssl version: OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004 conserver: built with `./configure --prefix=/usr/local --sysconfdir=/ etc/conserver --with-extmsgs --with-rpath --with-openssl --with-pam' From bryan@stansell.org Thu Jun 29 20:47:51 2006 Received: from underdog.stansell.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k5U3lp5V021491 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:47:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bryan@localhost) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.7/8.13.7/Submit) id k5U3lpai021490 for users@conserver.com; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:47:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:47:51 -0700 From: Bryan Stansell To: users@conserver.com Subject: Solaris 10 & bundled openssl Message-ID: <20060630034751.GH21036@underdog.stansell.org> References: <20050602062918.GJ4552@underdog.stansell.org> <4342E332.9030109@distal.com> <20051004230730.GD19884@underdog.stansell.org> <434C3397.5040201@distal.com> <434E95B5.8030805@distal.com> <20051013233433.GN19884@underdog.stansell.org> <4356969E.6090908@distal.com> <43569BAA.5040308@distal.com> <20051019222054.GB9517@underdog.stansell.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:47:52 -0000 well, i did a quick google search for 'solaris "TLS1_SETUP_KEY_BLOCK:cipher or hash unavailable"' and got few hits. this was interesting: http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2005-August/000156.html as well as another, which led me to http://www.mail-archive.com/openssl-dev@openssl.org/msg18853.html i'm curious if that second "bug" might be part of the problem with solaris 10. perhaps, perhaps not. but it does appear that using the bundled openssl is just trouble. would you be able to try a truss of openssl and see if it's failing to open /dev/[u]random? i kinda doubt it'll be that "easy", but it's interesting. with a different google search, you can find many more instances of folks having issues with the bundled openssl. i'm not sure what the "answer" is beyond using a newer, working version. if you'd like me to poke at a box, feel free to email me directly. Bryan From dj@gregor.com Thu Jun 29 21:39:38 2006 Received: from mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.8]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k5U4dThx021783 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:39:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 247 invoked from network); 30 Jun 2006 04:39:26 -0000 Received: from d149-67-147-152.col.wideopenwest.com (HELO [172.16.1.7]) (dgregor@[67.149.152.147]) (envelope-sender ) by mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with RC4-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 30 Jun 2006 04:39:26 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: References: <20050602062918.GJ4552@underdog.stansell.org> <4342E332.9030109@distal.com> <20051004230730.GD19884@underdog.stansell.org> <434C3397.5040201@distal.com> <434E95B5.8030805@distal.com> <20051013233433.GN19884@underdog.stansell.org> <4356969E.6090908@distal.com> <43569BAA.5040308@distal.com> <20051019222054.GB9517@underdog.stansell.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: DJ Gregor Subject: Re: SSL, certs, and conserver (fix included) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:39:24 -0400 To: users@conserver.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Spam-Score: -4.901 () BAYES_00 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:39:38 -0000 Here are references to this problem: https://www.conserver.com/pipermail/users/2005-October/msg00002.html http://www.google.com/search&q=%22cipher+or+hash+unavailable%22+% 22solaris+10%22 Note that it doesn't fail on Solaris in all cases--it fails with the OpenSSL that *ships with Solaris 10*. If you compile OpenSSL yourself and make sure that conserver links with the OpenSSL that you compiled, it's fine. This might have some insight: http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/common/openssl/ README.SUNW - djg On Jun 29, 2006, at 1:17 PM, Chris Ross wrote: > > On Oct 19, 2005, at 6:20 PM, Bryan Stansell wrote: >>> So, I have a workaround now, but would like to >>> know if you knew that it required something above >>> 0.9.7d? Thanks... >> >> i didn't know (or expect) a requirement of using something newer than >> 0.9.7d. the code used to work with 0.9.6, etc. something could very >> well have changed such that it's not backward compatible any more >> - in >> some way. >> >> surprisingly, i have openssl-0.9.7d (as well as a handful of other >> versions on my box). here's two (0.9.7d and 0.9.7c): > > So, time flies by, jobs change, and now I'm at a totally different > place > finding the same problem. It's still a sparc Solaris 10 machine, in > this > case Solaris 10 Update 1 (I think. We have update 2 boxes around, as > well, but this is an Update 1 box). > > I have the aforementioned problem that when running with a > compilation against the Solaris 0.9.7d OpenSSL, I get: > > [Thu Jun 29 12:51:37 2006] conserver (5930): ERROR: FileSSLAccept(): > SSL error on fd 5 > > as output from conserver -v, and I get: > > $ console -x > console: SSL negotiation failed > 5932:error:140D308A:SSL routines:TLS1_SETUP_KEY_BLOCK:cipher or hash > unavailable:../../../../common/openssl/ssl/t1_enc.c:449: > $ > > from the client command as shown. > > :-/ I found the old conversation on the web (and later in my > mailbox. ;-) > and now know that with a fair amount of effort, I can work around this > problem, but it seems like we should try to figure out why this fails > on Solaris. > > If you think you might have some time to help me with it s'more, I > can probably even make a solaris box available to you, given a > little bit of time. > > Let me know if you have any other suggestions of things to try. > conserver -V output is attached, in case it's useful... > > $ /usr/local/sbin/conserver -V > conserver: conserver.com version 8.1.14 > conserver: default access type `r' > conserver: default escape sequence `^Ec' > conserver: default configuration in `/etc/conserver/conserver.cf' > conserver: default password in `/etc/conserver/conserver.passwd' > conserver: default logfile is `/var/log/conserver' > conserver: default pidfile is `/var/run/conserver.pid' > conserver: default limit is 16 members per group > conserver: default primary port referenced as `conserver' > conserver: default secondary base port referenced as `0' > conserver: options: openssl, pam > conserver: openssl version: OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004 > conserver: built with `./configure --prefix=/usr/local --sysconfdir=/ > etc/conserver --with-extmsgs --with-rpath --with-openssl --with-pam' From cross+conserver@distal.com Fri Jun 30 09:07:27 2006 Received: from rwcrmhc14.comcast.net (rwcrmhc14.comcast.net [216.148.227.154]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k5UG7Js3002575; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:07:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.distal.com ([69.140.93.10]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc14) with ESMTP id <20060630160655m1400nul2te>; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:06:55 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.203] ([38.99.216.30]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.distal.com (8.13.6.20060614/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k5UG6qfq025542 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:06:54 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20060630034751.GH21036@underdog.stansell.org> References: <20050602062918.GJ4552@underdog.stansell.org> <4342E332.9030109@distal.com> <20051004230730.GD19884@underdog.stansell.org> <434C3397.5040201@distal.com> <434E95B5.8030805@distal.com> <20051013233433.GN19884@underdog.stansell.org> <4356969E.6090908@distal.com> <43569BAA.5040308@distal.com> <20051019222054.GB9517@underdog.stansell.org> <20060630034751.GH21036@underdog.stansell.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <596A8E23-388A-4FBD-8C3F-07FD76A4ABDF@distal.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chris Ross Subject: Re: Solaris 10 & bundled openssl Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:06:52 -0400 To: Bryan Stansell X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Spam-Score: -4.901 () BAYES_00 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 Cc: users@conserver.com X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:07:28 -0000 On Jun 29, 2006, at 11:47 PM, Bryan Stansell wrote: > i'm curious if that second "bug" might be part of the problem with > solaris 10. perhaps, perhaps not. but it does appear that using the > bundled openssl is just trouble. would you be able to try a truss of > openssl and see if it's failing to open /dev/[u]random? > > i kinda doubt it'll be that "easy", but it's interesting. with a > different google search, you can find many more instances of folks > having issues with the bundled openssl. Much as feared, it's not that easy. :-) open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_NOCTTY) = 5 pollsys(0xFFBFF4C0, 1, 0xFFBFF558, 0x00000000) = 1 read(5, " vEE OC915EA } @A7F2D0F4".., 32) = 32 close(5) = 0 both the client and server are able to read from /dev/urandom... > i'm not sure what the "answer" is beyond using a newer, working > version. > if you'd like me to poke at a box, feel free to email me directly. Thanks. I may well do that, just to see if I can't avoid running into this in the future yet again. :-) Thanks for the suggestions and your time. - Chris From travis.campbell@amd.com Fri Jun 30 13:18:45 2006 Received: from outbound3-haw-R.bigfish.com (outbound-haw.frontbridge.com [12.129.219.97]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k5UKIbTx004534 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=FAIL) for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:18:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from outbound3-haw.bigfish.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by outbound3-haw-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 039F11609543 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:18:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail1-par-R.bigfish.com (unknown [192.168.51.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by outbound3-haw.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E8521609542 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:18:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail1-par.bigfish.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail1-par-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54C1A8AB054 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:18:12 +0000 (UTC) X-BigFish: V Received: by mail1-par (MessageSwitch) id 1151698692130630_4446; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:18:12 +0000 (UCT) Received: from mail31-fra.bigfish.com (mail-fra.bigfish.com [62.209.45.166]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail1-par.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 187388A9FAB for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:18:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from amdext4.amd.com (amdext4.amd.com [163.181.251.6]) by mail31-fra.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C262475398 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:18:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from SAUSGW01.amd.com (sausgw01.amd.com [163.181.250.21]) by amdext4.amd.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/AMD) with ESMTP id k5UKGtRL011823 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:18:10 -0500 Received: from 163.181.22.102 by SAUSGW01.amd.com with ESMTP (AMD SMTP Relay (Email Firewall v6.1.0)); Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:18:00 -0500 X-Server-Uuid: 8C3DB987-180B-4465-9446-45C15473FD3E Received: from optimon.amd.com ([163.181.34.104]) by sausexbh2.amd.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2499); Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:18:01 -0500 Received: from [163.181.14.185] (tzimisce.amd.com [163.181.14.185]) by optimon.amd.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k5UKI0P5015023 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:18:00 -0500 Message-ID: <44A586F8.6050505@amd.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:18:00 -0500 From: "Travis Campbell" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: users@conserver.com Subject: Max number of consoles that can be supported with one conserver? X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.87.1, clamav-milter version 0.87 on optimon.amd.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Jun 2006 20:18:01.0419 (UTC) FILETIME=[492FD1B0:01C69C82] X-WSS-ID: 68BB597240W14829015-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.901 () BAYES_00 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:18:46 -0000 Hello, What's the realistic maximum number of consoles that one conserver installation can support from one system? Right now, I have four systems running conserver 8.1.13. The largest system is configured to managed about 3500 connections to cyclades terminal servers. The problem we're encountering is that whenever we have to modify the config and send conserver a -HUP, the system load shoots up to over 200, and conserver becomes unusable for the next 10 minutes until the load has dropped. This is extremely disruptive to people who are actively working on an individual console because it locks up until the load drops down to something normal. The hardware isn't an issue: it's a four-core opteron system with 8GB of RAM, so it's pretty beefy. Travis -- travis.campbell@amd.com | "In theory, there is no difference between Sr. CAD Systems Engineer | theory and practice. In practice there is." AMD Silicon Design Systems | -- Yogi Berra From bryan@stansell.org Fri Jun 30 16:00:27 2006 Received: from underdog.stansell.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k5UN0RLu005487 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:00:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bryan@localhost) by underdog.stansell.org (8.13.7/8.13.7/Submit) id k5UN0RjB005486 for users@conserver.com; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:00:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:00:27 -0700 From: Bryan Stansell To: users@conserver.com Subject: Re: Max number of consoles that can be supported with one conserver? Message-ID: <20060630230027.GI21036@underdog.stansell.org> References: <44A586F8.6050505@amd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44A586F8.6050505@amd.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 X-BeenThere: users@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Conserver Users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:00:28 -0000 On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 03:18:00PM -0500, Travis Campbell wrote: > What's the realistic maximum number of consoles that one conserver > installation can support from one system? well, the flippant answer is that you kinda already answered your own question. having conserver shoot the load to over 200 and be unusable for 10 minutes makes me think there are too many on that instance. one thing that would help, if you haven't done so already, is use the -m option (or --with-maxmemb configure option) to have each conserver process manage more than just 16 consoles. something like 64 is probably a good start. see if that helps things (maybe even go to 96 or 128). it's all a balancing act. but, if you haven't done this yet, it'll bring the process count down by a factor of 4 and should trigger less of a spike. the HUP processing is certainly not ideal. it seems to work decently (a livable, but quite noticable, delay) on a sparc t1 with just over 1000 consoles (using --with-maxmemb=32). that's the only hard datapoint i have beyond yours. with the machine you're talking about, i'd think you *should* be able to support 3500 consoles. i'd love to know if this helps. if not, what is your --with-maxmemb/-m value? (conserver -V shows it) Bryan