[Dxspider-support] user_asc / users.v3 problem

[Andrea Borgia]

Hello.

After the latest perl security update (5.6.1-8.8) on Debian/stable, my 
cluster (IR4X-6) again has the usual corrupt userfile problem, resulting 
in perl eating all the cpu and spider not working at all.

After digging the ml archives a bit, I tried stopping the program, 
removing it from inittab, running "perl user_asc" and restarting but it 
hangs again after a very short while. Also tried using the ".o*" files 
as sources, but the result is the same. First time it happened, running 
"perl user_asc" fixed it quickly, no such luck this time.

More archive digging and I also tried deleting users.v3, recreating the 
sysops, restarting, resetting peer nodes' properties and... again, a 
little while then it hangs again.

Dirk (or anyone with similar stories to tell)... any clues? I'm not a 
perl-hacker but I am fairly competent in Linux, I don't mind getting my 
hands dirty to fix something.

TIA,
Andrea.

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