Bug 96965

Summary: Unix User's Group in Bloomington/Normal, IL
Product: Documentation Reporter: Frank Even <dfjkl>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: Remko Lodder <remko>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description Frank Even 2006-05-08 04:20:13 UTC
Required Information:
1.  A URL for the user group's website. 

http://uhacc.org

2.  An email contact address of a human in charge, for use by our visitors and website administrators. 

http://uhacc.org/contact.php

(the above link has all of the e-mail contacts below listed)

president@uhacc.org
webmaster@uhacc.org
lug@uhacc.org

3.  A short (one paragraph) description of the user group. 

<a href="http://uhacc.org>U.H.A.C.C.</a> is a fellowship of individuals united by a common interest in Unix or Linux systems and open technologies.  At meetings you may find beginners and pros alike discussing system setup, networking, configuration, free/open source software, coding, tech culture, politics, upcoming events, games, or any other topic under the sun that pertains to operating "that" kind of system. You can also find us applying what we learn each week in the form of diverse and interesting tech and development projects, all using Unix or Linux platforms.
Comment 1 Daniel Gerzo 2006-05-08 11:43:48 UTC
Hello Frank,

Monday, May 8, 2006, 5:19:32 AM, you wrote:

>>Number:         96965
>>Category:       www

> UHACC - Unix Hobbyists' Administrators' & Coders' Club

> Required Information:
> 1.  A URL for the user group's website. 

> http://uhacc.org

 looks like this site is offline.

> 3.  A short (one paragraph) description of the user group. 

> each week in the form of diverse and interesting tech and
> development projects, all using Unix or Linux platforms. 

 does this group have any FreeBSD users as well?

-- 
Sincerely,
  Daniel Gerzo
Comment 2 Frank Even 2006-05-09 09:08:10 UTC
> From: Daniel Gerzo <danger@rulez.sk>
> To: Frank Even <dfjkl@uhacc.org>
> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
> Subject: Re: www/96965: Unix User's Group in Bloomington/Normal, IL
> Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 12:43:48 +0200
> 
>  Hello Frank,
>  
>  Monday, May 8, 2006, 5:19:32 AM, you wrote:
>  
>  >>Number:         96965
>  >>Category:       www
>  
>  > UHACC - Unix Hobbyists' Administrators' & Coders' Club
>  
>  > Required Information:
>  > 1.  A URL for the user group's website. 
>  
>  > http://uhacc.org
>  
>   looks like this site is offline.

The site is NOT offline and has NOT been for years (long before I joined 
up).  I also did not actually receive this e-mail you sent.  I checked 
the logs on the UHACC server and this message never hit it.  Checking 
your domain....I can see that the UHACC server is able to communicate 
with your mail servers....you are not in any of our blacklists or 
firewall rules....so I'm guessing your inability to see our site or 
deliver us e-mail is on your end and not ours.

$ host mail.rulez.sk
mail.rulez.sk has address 84.16.32.226
$ host mailhub.cia.sk
mailhub.cia.sk has address 72.21.48.70
$ host mail-relay1.wilbury.sk
mail-relay1.wilbury.sk has address 217.73.17.21
$ telnet mail.rulez.sk 25
Trying 84.16.32.226...
Connected to mail.rulez.sk.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.rulez.sk ESMTP


>  > 3.  A short (one paragraph) description of the user group. 
>  
>  > each week in the form of diverse and interesting tech and
>  > development projects, all using Unix or Linux platforms. 
>  
>   does this group have any FreeBSD users as well?

Being a FreeBSD user myself and a member/representative of this 
organization....it would seem that we do have at least one person that 
uses FreeBSD and thought it would be good for the world to know that 
there is a place in Bloomington/Normal, IL that they too may feel 
welcome.  I am the resident BSD fanatic, along with MacOSX as my 
desktops, other members have worked with FreeBSD in the past, and a 
couple others have it installed in various places.  At least one other 
member that I can think of also uses MacOSX as his desktop of choice. 
IF you look at our site (which I assure you, is quite available), you 
will see that we are not limited in scope.  We welcome Linux users, BSD 
users, Solaris users, AIX users, HP-UX users....basically, anyone that 
would prefer to use a Unix or unix-like system.  About the only thing we 
probably frown on is SCO Unix for what I would hope would be obvious 
reasons nowadays (although we would not burn anyone at the stake for 
using it...you can't always be responsible for the decisions of 
others....although if you voluntarily chose it...we might start to wonder).

Sincerely,

Frank Even
fheven@elitists.org
dfjkl@uhacc.org

http://uhacc.org
Comment 3 Giorgos Keramidas freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2006-05-12 14:20:27 UTC
On 2006-05-09 16:19, Daniel Gerzo <danger@rulez.sk> wrote:
> Hello Frank,
>
> well, it seems to be some routing issue at my home-provider, because
> I'm unable to reach your server from home, althought it really works
> from my servers. Sorry that I haven't checked from other places. I home
> that the following diff is all right, thank you for using and
> supporting FreeBSD!

The diff looks fine, but no matter how many times I try (to verify the
<name></name> stuff is ok, I can't reach the server from here either :(

% --- usergroups.xml.orig	Tue May  9 16:04:30 2006
% +++ usergroups.xml	Tue May  9 16:12:24 2006
% @@ -831,6 +831,22 @@
%      </description>
%    </entry>
%
% +  <entry id="uhacc" continent="North America">
% +    <name>Unix Hobbyists' Administrators' &amp; Coders' Club</name>
% +    <url>http://uhacc.org</url>
% +    <description>
% +      U.H.A.C.C. is a fellowship of individuals united by a common
% +      interest in UNIX&reg; or Linux systems and open technologies.  At
% +      meetings you may find beginners and pros alike discussing system
% +      setup, networking, configuration, free/open source software,
% +      coding, tech culture, politics, upcoming events, games, or any
% +      other topic under the sun that pertains to operating "that" kind
% +      of system.  You can also find us applying what we learn each week
% +      in the form of diverse and interesting tech and development
% +      projects, all using UNIX&reg; or Linux platforms.
% +    </description>
% +  </entry>
% +
%    <entry id="cnfug" continent="Other Areas">
%      <name>The China FreeBSD User Group (CNFUG)</name>
%      <url>http://www.cnfug.org</url>
Comment 4 Frank Even 2006-05-13 20:35:57 UTC
Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2006-05-09 16:19, Daniel Gerzo <danger@rulez.sk> wrote:
> 
>>Hello Frank,
>>
>>well, it seems to be some routing issue at my home-provider, because
>>I'm unable to reach your server from home, althought it really works
>>from my servers. Sorry that I haven't checked from other places. I home
>>that the following diff is all right, thank you for using and
>>supporting FreeBSD!
> 
> 
> The diff looks fine, but no matter how many times I try (to verify the
> <name></name> stuff is ok, I can't reach the server from here either :(
> 
> % --- usergroups.xml.orig	Tue May  9 16:04:30 2006
> % +++ usergroups.xml	Tue May  9 16:12:24 2006
> % @@ -831,6 +831,22 @@
> %      </description>
> %    </entry>
> %
> % +  <entry id="uhacc" continent="North America">
> % +    <name>Unix Hobbyists' Administrators' &amp; Coders' Club</name>
> % +    <url>http://uhacc.org</url>
> % +    <description>
> % +      U.H.A.C.C. is a fellowship of individuals united by a common
> % +      interest in UNIX&reg; or Linux systems and open technologies.  At
> % +      meetings you may find beginners and pros alike discussing system
> % +      setup, networking, configuration, free/open source software,
> % +      coding, tech culture, politics, upcoming events, games, or any
> % +      other topic under the sun that pertains to operating "that" kind
> % +      of system.  You can also find us applying what we learn each week
> % +      in the form of diverse and interesting tech and development
> % +      projects, all using UNIX&reg; or Linux platforms.
> % +    </description>
> % +  </entry>
> % +
> %    <entry id="cnfug" continent="Other Areas">
> %      <name>The China FreeBSD User Group (CNFUG)</name>
> %      <url>http://www.cnfug.org</url>

Well...I actually received this e-mail, so that means you CAN reach the 
UHACC server in some sense...as the message I received was relayed 
through it.  Can you please give me some idea of where "here" is you are 
trying to reach the box from?  I assure you the site is up.  It would 
not be the first time I've seen a router on the backbone misconfigured 
dropping innocent traffic though (I've had to work with a few backbones 
before to put sites back online that they had routing "issues" with). 
You are not giving me any useful feedback here.  I know the machine is 
up and serving content.  If the issue is not on your end, not on ours, 
then it is somewhere in the middle.  Can you even hit the name servers? 
  Did you relay the e-mail through the same network that you are trying 
to hit the website through?  I'd really like more information......"it 
don't work" does not really help me in troubleshooting.

Google seems to have no trouble reaching us:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=uhacc

...nor does DNSReport/stuff or Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/url/-/uhacc.org/104-2534937-0559958
http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=uhacc.org

franks-powerbook-g4:~ frank$ dig uhacc.org

; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> uhacc.org
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 9438
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;uhacc.org.                     IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
uhacc.org.              86111   IN      A       63.150.214.21

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
uhacc.org.              86111   IN      NS      ns2.fcg.net.
uhacc.org.              86111   IN      NS      ns1.fcg.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.fcg.net.            64508   IN      A       63.150.214.8
ns2.fcg.net.            64508   IN      A       63.150.214.9

;; Query time: 41 msec
;; SERVER: 64.40.88.206#53(64.40.88.206)
;; WHEN: Sat May 13 14:24:09 2006
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 118

franks-powerbook-g4:~ frank$ dig @ns1.fcg.net uhacc.org

; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> @ns1.fcg.net uhacc.org
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 60492
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;uhacc.org.                     IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
uhacc.org.              86400   IN      A       63.150.214.21

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
uhacc.org.              86400   IN      NS      ns1.fcg.net.
uhacc.org.              86400   IN      NS      ns2.fcg.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.fcg.net.            3600    IN      A       63.150.214.8
ns2.fcg.net.            3600    IN      A       63.150.214.9

;; Query time: 201 msec
;; SERVER: 63.150.214.8#53(ns1.fcg.net)
;; WHEN: Sat May 13 14:24:43 2006
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 118

franks-powerbook-g4:~ frank$ dig @ns2.fcg.net uhacc.org

; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> @ns2.fcg.net uhacc.org
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 27050
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;uhacc.org.                     IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
uhacc.org.              86400   IN      A       63.150.214.21

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
uhacc.org.              86400   IN      NS      ns2.fcg.net.
uhacc.org.              86400   IN      NS      ns1.fcg.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.fcg.net.            3600    IN      A       63.150.214.8
ns2.fcg.net.            3600    IN      A       63.150.214.9

;; Query time: 90 msec
;; SERVER: 63.150.214.9#53(ns2.fcg.net)
;; WHEN: Sat May 13 14:24:56 2006
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 118


Again...the site is alive.  If there is a problem, it's probably between 
our networks then....please give me detailed information that I can use 
to possibly help determine what might be going on.

Thanks,
Frank
Comment 5 Remko Lodder freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2006-05-13 20:42:38 UTC
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-www->remko

Grab it.
Comment 6 Giorgos Keramidas freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2006-05-13 21:16:24 UTC
On 2006-05-13 14:35, Frank Even <dfjkl@uhacc.org> wrote:
>Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>>% +
>>%    <entry id="cnfug" continent="Other Areas">
>>%      <name>The China FreeBSD User Group (CNFUG)</name>
>>%      <url>http://www.cnfug.org</url>
>
> Well...I actually received this e-mail, so that means you CAN reach
> the UHACC server in some sense...as the message I received was relayed
> through it.  Can you please give me some idea of where "here" is you
> are trying to reach the box from?

"Here" is the internal network where I work.  I can reach DNS servers
after a couple of attempts, but traceroute stops somewhere before your
server and TCP connections never succeed:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$ host -t ns uhacc.org.
uhacc.org name server ns1.fcg.net.
uhacc.org name server ns2.fcg.net.

$ host ns1.fcg.net.
ns1.fcg.net has address 63.150.214.8
giorgos@gothmog:/home/giorgos$ host ns2.fcg.net.
ns2.fcg.net has address 63.150.214.9

$ host uhacc.org.
uhacc.org has address 63.150.214.21
uhacc.org mail is handled by 10 mail.uhacc.org.
uhacc.org mail is handled by 20 mail.fcg.net.

$ traceroute -P tcp uhacc.org.
traceroute to uhacc.org (63.150.214.21), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
 1  10.6.0.1 (10.6.0.1)  0.853 ms  0.529 ms  0.391 ms
 2  morpheus.bedc.ondsl.gr (62.103.39.225)  2.527 ms  3.649 ms  2.589 ms
 3  62.103.1.80 (62.103.1.80)  19.474 ms  22.265 ms  20.774 ms
 4  vlan55-k2.otenet.net (62.103.14.193)  23.662 ms  22.567 ms  24.112 ms
 5  62.103.6.145 (62.103.6.145)  20.555 ms  21.470 ms  23.324 ms
 6  athe-GSRb-po1.otenet.net (62.103.6.4)  23.175 ms  21.274 ms  22.581 ms
 7  gig7-2-cr02-otenet.ath.oteglobe.net (62.75.3.181)  23.841 ms  25.102 ms  19.456 ms
 8  pos2-0-cr02.lon.OTEGlobe.net (62.75.4.78)  85.602 ms  86.218 ms 90.890 ms
 9  206.41.25.113 (206.41.25.113)  81.222 ms  81.655 ms  85.520 ms
10  so1-0-0-2488M.ar3.jfk1.gblx.net (67.17.72.26)  153.324 ms  151.203 ms  150.960 ms
11  qwest-1.ar3.JFK1.gblx.net (208.50.13.170)  156.596 ms  156.507 ms 156.849 ms
12  jfk-core-02.inet.qwest.net (205.171.30.17)  151.245 ms  152.915 ms 156.430 ms
13  * *^C

$ traceroute uhacc.org.
traceroute to uhacc.org (63.150.214.21), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  10.6.0.1 (10.6.0.1)  0.578 ms  0.433 ms  0.394 ms
 2  morpheus.bedc.ondsl.gr (62.103.39.225)  2.689 ms  2.750 ms  2.779 ms
 3  62.103.1.80 (62.103.1.80)  21.611 ms  24.446 ms  20.448 ms
 4  vlan55-k2.otenet.net (62.103.14.193)  19.518 ms  19.380 ms  22.757 ms
 5  62.103.6.145 (62.103.6.145)  23.781 ms *^C
$
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

> I assure you the site is up.  It would not be the first time I've seen
> a router on the backbone misconfigured dropping innocent traffic
> though (I've had to work with a few backbones before to put sites back
> online that they had routing "issues" with).  You are not giving me
> any useful feedback here.  I know the machine is up and serving
> content.  If the issue is not on your end, not on ours, then it is
> somewhere in the middle.  Can you even hit the name servers?  Did you
> relay the e-mail through the same network that you are trying to hit
> the website through?  I'd really like more information......"it don't
> work" does not really help me in troubleshooting.

It seems to be a problem somewhere between my location and where the
site is hosted.  I'll commit the diff anyway, but I can't help much with
the network problems at `jfk-core-02.inet.qwest.net' :(

> Again...the site is alive.  If there is a problem, it's probably
> between our networks then....please give me detailed information that
> I can use to possibly help determine what might be going on.

Ok, apart from the traceroute output above, please ask me in private
email what information you need, and I'll try to provide it.

Thanks for the problem report and the help with it :-)
Comment 7 Remko Lodder freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2006-05-16 20:09:03 UTC
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Giorgos committed the entry.  Thank you very much Giorgos! 
The entry is already available on the site.