Re: [Condor-users] return of the KeyboardIdle bug ??

[<Greg.Hitchen@xxxxxxxx>]

Same here for 7.4.* Ian, we just added it to the DAEMON_LIST and
it all works OK.

Greg


-----Original Message-----
From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Smith, Ian
Sent: Tuesday, 4 May 2010 10:15 PM
To: 'Condor-Users Mail List'
Subject: Re: [Condor-users] return of the KeyboardIdle bug ??

Good news - I seem to have got this working but I'm not entirely sure how.
I went back to the beginning and just put KBDD in the DAEMON_LIST
and it seems to work - very strange !

cheers,

-ian.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:condor-users-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Todd Tannenbaum
> Sent: 29 April 2010 22:45
> To: Condor-Users Mail List
> Subject: Re: [Condor-users] return of the KeyboardIdle bug ??
> 
> Smith, Ian wrote:
> 
> >>    3. Your registry tells Windows to run the condor_kbdd.exe upon login, aka
> >>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
> >> "CONDOR_KBDD"="c:\\condor\\bin\\condor_kbdd.exe"
> >
> > OK this was missing after the MSI install so I put it in myself and logged out and
> in.
> >
> 
> Ok, I will look into the above...
> 
> >> Troubleshooting questions:
> >> - When you login, does the task manager show the condor_kbdd running?
> >
> > It does now after the regedit.
> >
> 
> Cool...
> 
> >> - With STARTD_DEUBG = D_COMMAND, do you see the "command_x_event"
> >> entries similar to the following in the StartLog when using the console
> >> of the machine?
> >>> 04/26 10:06:44 Received UDP command 427 (X_EVENT_NOTIFICATION) from
> >>> <xx.xx.xx.xx:1392>, access level ALLOW
> >
> > Nope not with D_COMMAND and not even anything remotely like this with
> D_FULLDEBUG.
> 
> This is a problem, and puzzling.  (after setting STARTD_DEBUG =
> D_COMMAND I assume you did a condor_reconfig).
> 
> Lets see what the kbdd thinks it is doing...  Could you change the
> config entry for KBDD_LOG from c:\NUL to be instead a local file that is
> world writable (i.e. somewhere any user can write), add "KBDD_DEBUG =
> D_ALL", logout and log back in (to get a new condor_kbdd instance), and
> finally pass along the resulting kbdd log file to me?  The kbdd should
> be contacting the startd every ~5 seconds or so when it sees mouse or
> keyboard activity.
> 
> Another data point - it should work either way, but is the keyboard a
> physical keyboard or are you coming in via remote desktop or some such?
> 
> > I'm wondering about the "access level ALLOW" bit - perhaps I have the
> authorisation settings too
> > tight ? Surely I'd still see something in the log even if the authorisation policy
> blocked the update.
> >
> 
> The "access level ALLOW" bit is expected and desired in Condor v7.4.2.
> The idea is in earler versions folks were setting up authorization
> policies too tight, such that the startd was not accepting the message
> from the kbdd.  In v7.4.2, the startd is hard-wired to always accept the
> X_EVENT_NOTIFICATION message from the kbdd to prevent against these
> sorts of configuration issues.  To prevent against DoS attacks, however,
> the startd confirms that the message is coming from a local ip address.
> 
> regards,
> Todd
> 
> 
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