Due to some problems with the upgrade for the 3.0 .Net framework (which many of the lab machines had), XP Service Pack 3 was not able to install. The workaround was to manually install the 3.5 framework, which included all the updates to the previous versions of .Net framework. I was having a little trouble install it using psexec, but that was caused by the framework executable displaying an Open File Security Warning when it ran. By right-mouse clicking on the file and selecting “Properties” I was able to click on the “unblock” button and remove the dialog. The remaining machines were then able to apply the framework, and after SP3. The one holdout had a problem with RAM which was causing windows update and other services to crash. Removing the ram looks like it has resolved the problem.
SP3 install results
July 24th, 2008Samba 3.0.30 and Mac OS Clients not following symlinks
July 22nd, 2008As the implementation of Samba unix extensions in newer releases of samba interact with clients that also have unix extensions (like Mac OS leopard) in their samba client config, symlinks that used to resolve to directories are now treated as local aliases. To resolve the problem, I added unix extensions = no to the samba config of the server.
MediaWiki backup issues – resolved
July 22nd, 2008I was able to determine why the user was having problems backing up their wiki. The original set of tables that had been corrupted were still in the database. The new set had a prefix which put them after the old ones, so they could be used and accessed but not backed up unless they were specified individually. I’ve advised the user how to dump the tables and copy them to a new database.
InnoDB excitement
July 18th, 2008We’re still having issues with our innodb backups for mediawiki. It complains that the tables don’t exist, in the same way it did when it was corrupted. However it is displaying data correctly in the wiki.
July 14 – 25, ongoing work
July 18th, 2008Hello world!
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