perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Aaron Brown <>]

Hey Winnie,

The paris-traceroute thing is just a warning, so it’s not a problem. I’ve 
committed a ‘status’ option to the init script, so that’ll be out in the next 
bwctl release (whenever that happens to be).

Cheers,
Aaron

> On Mar 24, 2015, at 5:32 AM, Winnie Lacesso 
> <>
>  wrote:
> 
> Good morning!
> 
> Both our bw & lat boxen got security updates this morning:
> 
> Mar 24 03:52:48 Updated: tzdata-2015b-1.el6.noarch
> Mar 24 03:52:50 Updated: tzdata-java-2015b-1.el6.noarch
> Mar 24 03:52:50 Updated: bwctl-client-1.5.4-1.el6.i686
> Mar 24 03:52:53 Updated: openssl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.7.i686
> Mar 24 03:53:04 Updated: bwctl-server-1.5.4-1.el6.i686
> Mar 24 03:53:05 Updated: bwctl-1.5.4-1.el6.i686
> Mar 24 03:53:06 Updated: openssl-devel-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.7.i686
> 
> Our bw box logged an error:
> 
> /etc/cron.daily/0yum.cron:
> 
> /etc/init.d/bwctld stop: bwctld stopped
> waiting...
> /usr/bin/bwctld -c /etc/bwctld -R /var/run
> bwctld[8227]: FILE=paris-traceroute.c, LINE=81, ParisTracerouteAvailable(): 
> Unable to verify that 'paris-traceroute' is working. It may not be 
> installed. exit status: 1: output: ExecCommand(): exec(paris-traceroute): 
> No such file or directory
> bwctld[8227]: FILE=tools.c, LINE=475, Couldn't initialize tool 
> "paris-traceroute". Disabling it.
> /etc/init.d/bwctld start: bwctld started
> 
> Confirmed - paris-traceroute does not exist. Maybe it used to.
> Does this matter? 
> 
> Since both boxen got latest kernel & openssl update, going to reboot both &
> hope they come up healthy.
> 
> BTW, can one beg for a "status" option?
> root@lcgnetmon02>
>  service bwctld status
> usage: /etc/init.d/bwctld (start|stop|restart|help)
> 
> start      - start bwctld
> stop       - stop bwctld
> restart    - restart bwctld if running by sending a SIGHUP or start if 
>             not running
> help       - this screen
> 
> BOO!
> 
> 
> Winnie Lacesso / Bristol University Particle Physics Computing Systems
> HH Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL, UK