Hi Robert,

if I'm not wrong, the command line parameters are overwritten by the config file (maybe you should look into syslog for possible errors). So, if you want to have as much as possible information about SER failure, uncomment in your ser.cfg the part for debugging mode (starts with "/* Uncomment these lines to enter debugging mode"). Than try to start again ser and see what's wrong (if any).

regards, Marian

Robert C. Auch wrote:

I was editing my working 0.8.14 system today, and obviously have a bad config file. in the course of fixing the numerous problems, I came across this error when trying to start ser: root @ sip> /etc/rc.d/init.d/ser start starting ser.. [ok] root @ sip> /etc/rc.d/init.d/ser status ser dead but subsys locked root @ sip> rm -f /var/run/ser.pid root @ sip> rm -f /var/lock/subsys/ser root @ sip> rm -f /tmp/ser_fifo root @ sip> /etc/rc.d/init.d/ser status ser not running root @ sip> ser Listening on x.x.x.243 [x.x.x.243]:5060 127.0.0.1 [127.0.0.1]:5060 Aliases: localhost:5060 localhost.localdomain:5060 snort:5060 snort.mydomain.com:5060 127.0.0.1:* x.x.x.243:* sip.mydomain.com:* mydomain.com:*

root @ sip> serctl ps

<hang here> ctrl-C [root@sip root]# ps -aux | grep "\bser" root 6556 0.0 0.6 37808 3184 ? S 18:05 0:00 ser root 6560 0.0 0.6 37808 3184 ? S 18:05 0:00 ser root 6563 0.0 0.6 37808 3184 ? S 18:05 0:00 ser root 6567 0.0 0.6 37808 3184 ? S 18:05 0:00 ser root 6570 0.0 0.6 37808 3184 ? S 18:05 0:00 ser root 6571 0.0 0.6 37808 3184 ? S 18:05 0:00 ser root 6572 0.0 0.6 37808 3184 ? S 18:05 0:00 ser root 6577 0.0 0.6 37808 3184 ? S 18:05 0:00 ser root 6578 0.0 0.6 37808 3184 ? S 18:05 0:00 ser root 6579 0.0 0.6 37808 3184 ? S 18:05 0:00 ser root 6580 0.0 0.6 37808 3184 ? S 18:05 0:00 ser root 6585 0.0 0.6 37808 3200 ? S 18:05 0:00 ser [root@sip root]# serctl moni [cycle #: 1; if constant make sure server lives and fifo is on] [root@sip root]# ser -E -ddddddd -D [root@sip root]# ser -E -D -ddddddddddd 0(6654) read 639376042 from /dev/random 0(6654) seeding PRNG with 1736314101 0(6654) test random number 377719587 0(6654) shm_mem_init: success 0(6654) DEBUG: register_fifo_cmd: new command (print) registered 0(6654) DEBUG: register_fifo_cmd: new command (uptime) registered 0(6654) DEBUG: register_fifo_cmd: new command (version) registered 0(6654) DEBUG: register_fifo_cmd: new command (pwd) registered 0(6654) DEBUG: register_fifo_cmd: new command (arg) registered 0(6654) DEBUG: register_fifo_cmd: new command (which) registered 0(6654) DEBUG: register_fifo_cmd: new command (ps) registered 0(6654) DEBUG: register_fifo_cmd: new command (kill) registered Listening on x.x.x.243 [x.x.x.243]:5060 192.168.5.179 [192.168.5.179]:5060 127.0.0.1 [127.0.0.1]:5060 Aliases: localhost:5060 localhost.localdomain:5060 snort:5060 snort.mydomain.com:5060 127.0.0.1:* x.x.x.243:* sip.mydomain.com:* mydomain.com:* [root@sip root]#

serctl shows the same thing. This is even with my previously working config file, AND after re-running the "make all" and "make install" on 0.8.14_src.tar.gz

ser.cfg attached as example.exe

I'm starting ser with only the pid file option (-p I think). a while back I chown'd and chgroup'd the ser folders to a user and group called "ser", but haven't added the -u and -g options to my startup, cause I can't figure out how to get it to work properly that way.

Yes, I'm a linux n00b, and have been reading serusers for a few weeks - 90% of my questions so far have been answered through there - I just can't find any answers to this other than one guy in May who just reinstalled, and that solved it.

Thanks!

Rob

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# # $Id: ser.cfg,v 1.21.4.1 2003/11/10 15:35:15 andrei Exp $ # # simple quick-start config script #

# -----------------global configuration parameters --------------------------------------

debug=3 #debug level (cmd line: -dddddddddd) fork=yes log_stderror=no # (cmd line: -E)

/* Uncomment these lines to enter debugging mode debug=7 fork=no log_stderror=yes */

check_via=yes #(cmd line: -v) dns=no #(cmd line: -r) rev_dns=no #(cmd line: -R) port=5060 children=4 fifo="/tmp/ser_fifo"

sip_warning=yes server_signature=yes reply_to_via=no listen=x.x.x.243 listen=127.0.0.1

alias=mydomain.com alias=sip.mydomain.com alias=x.x.x.243 alias=127.0.0.1

# ----------------module loading ----------------------------------------------------------

# MySQL Support loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/mysql.so" # unknown loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/sl.so" # T-relay? loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/tm.so" # Record-routing and Loose-routing module loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/rr.so" # Count max forwards loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/maxfwd.so" # use of MySQL database for user location state saving loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/usrloc.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/registrar.so" # Comment these lines to disable digest authentication loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/auth.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/auth_db.so" # Accounting support - requires mysql loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/acc.so" # Execute outside programs loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/exec.so" # Allow use of group membership loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/group.so" #loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/print.so" # URI and Text operations support - allows lines like 'if uri=~"[679][0-9]+@"' # and 'if (search(from:|F:))' in routing code loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/uri.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/textops.so" # NAT Transversal support - required for NAT support, but forces all traffic # to proxy through our server, which greatly limits scalability loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/mediaproxy.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/nathelper.so" # Native Voicemail support loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/vm.so"

#-----------------module-specific parameters ---------------------------------------------- #-----userloc parameters----------------------- #Set this at 0 to disable SQL database support for persistant storage #Set at 2 to use MySQL modparam("usrloc", "db_mode", 2)

#-----auth params------------------------------ #required for auth module modparam("auth", "secret", "43789bfdbc34890") modparam("auth_db", "calculate_ha1", 1) # If you set "calculate_ha1" parameter to 1 (true), you need the following line: modparam("auth_db", "password_column", "password") modparam("usrloc", "db_url", "mysql://ser:nscser@localhost/ser")

#-----rr params ------------------------------- # add value to lr param to make some broken UAs happy modparam("rr", "enable_full_lr", 1) #-----tm params # fr_timer is the timeout for transactions modparam("tm", "fr_timer", 18) # fr_inv_timer is the timeout for opening calls (INVITE) modparam("tm", "fr_inv_timer", 24)

#-----accounting paramters-------------------- modparam("acc", "log_level", 1) modparam("acc", "log_flag", 1) modparam("acc", "db_url", "mysql://ser:nscser@localhost/ser") modparam("acc", "report_ack", 1) modparam("acc", "failed_transactions", 1) modparam("acc", "db_flag", 1) modparam("acc", "report_cancels", 1) modparam("acc", "db_missed_flag", 1) modparam("acc", "log_fmt", "fisum")

#-----nathelper and mediaproxy paramters------- modparam("nathelper", "natping_interval", 10)

#-----voicemail paramters---------------------- modparam("voicemail", "db_url", "sql://ser:nscser@localhost/ser") modparam("voicemail", "email_column", "email") modparam("voicemail", "subscriber_table", "subscriber") modparam("voicemail", "user_column", "user") modparam("voicemail", "domain_column", "domain")

#-----------------END Module Parameters ----------------------------------------------- #-----------------routing logic begins here ------------------------------------------- #-----main routing logic

route{

setflag(1);

# initial sanity checks - messages with # max forwards==0 or excessively long requests if (!mf_process_maxfwd_header("10")) { sl_send_reply("483", "Too Many Hops"); log(1, "LOG:483 - Too Many Hops, dropping connection\n"); break; }; if (msg:len > max_len) { sl_send_reply("513", "Message Too Big"); log(1, "LOG:513-Message too Big, dropping connection\n"); break; };

# Special Handling for NATed clients: # First, NAT test is executed - it looks # for via!=recieved and RFC1918 addresses # in contact (may fail if line-folding is used); # also the recieved test should, if completed, # check all vias for precense of recieved. if (nat_uac_test("3")) { # Allow RR-ed requests, as these may # indicate that a NAT-enabled proxy # already handles it, unless REGISTER # also, allow VPN users from 172.16.8.0/24 if (method == "REGISTER" || !search("^Record-Route:") || !uri=~"172.16.8.[0-9]+@") { log(1, "LOG:Someone trying to register from private IP, rewriting\n"); # THis only works for UAs that support # symmetric communication - works on most fix_nated_contact(); if (method == "INVITE") { fix_nated_sdp("1"); # Add direction=active to SDP }; force_rport(); # Add rport parameter to topmost Via setflag(6); # Mark as NATed }; };

# We Record-Route all messages - to make sure # that subsequent messages will go through # our proxy - neccessary for accounting, and if # downstream entities use different transport # protocol record_route();

# If the request is for other domain, use UsrLoc # (in case it doesn't work, use the following # command with proper names and addresses) # This requires use of "alias=" in global parameters lookup("aliases"); if (uri==myself) { if (method == "REGISTER") { # Force digest authentication, but not for the PBX Gateway if (!www_authorize("mydomain.com", "subscriber") && !(src_ip==x.x.x.155)) { www_challenge("mydomain.com", "0"); break; }; if (!is_user("replicator") && !check_to()) { log(1, "LOG: unregistered user registration attempt\n"); sl_send_reply("403", "Only registered users allowed"); break; }; if (!save("location")) { sl_reply_error(); log(1, "LOG: error saving location\n"); }; break; };

# Native SIP destinations are handled using userloc DB
if (!lookup("location")) {
	if (does_uri_exist()) {
		# Can't find the user's location, but know they
		# are a subscriber?  Check if they are a voicemail
		# user and send them there, otherwise, tell UA
		# that callee is offline.
		if (is_user_in("To", "voicemail")) {
			vm("/tmp/vm_fifo", "vlicemail");
			log(1, "LOG: Caller sent to Voicemail\n");
			break;
		};
		sl_send_reply("404", "User Offline");
		log(1, "LOG: User offline\n");
		break;
	};
	if (uri=~"^sip:[679][0-9]+@") {
		# /6([0-9]+)/ goes to voicemail for $1
		# /7([0-9]+)/ goes to extension $1
		# /9([0-9]+)/ goes to outside number $1 (dials the 9 for you)
		# so we just check that they are a valid PBX user
		# so nobody outside uses us as a free PBX
		if (is_user_in("From", "freepstn")) {
			rewritehostport("voip-pbx.mydomain.com:5060");
			forward(uri:host, uri:port);
			log(1, "LOG: User dialing PBX Gateway\n");
			break;
		};
		sl_send_reply("403", "Only registered users allowed");
		break;
	};
	sl_send_reply("404", "Location not found");
	log(1, "LOG: Dial placed to unknown location\n");
	break;
};
route(1);
break;

}; }

route[1] { lookup("aliases"); if (uri=~"[@:](192.168.|10.|172.(1[7-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-2]).)" && !search("^Route:")) { sl_send_reply("479", "We don't forward to private IP addresses"); log(1, "LOG: Forward attempted to private IP address\n"); break; };

# If client or server known to be behind NAT, enable relay if (isflagset(6)) { force_rtp_proxy(); log(1, "LOG: forcing RTP Proxy\n"); };

# NAT processing of replies: apply to all transactions # (for example re-INVITEs from public to private # UA are hard to identify as NATed at the moment of # request processing); look at replies t_on_reply("1");

# loose-route processing if (loose_route()) { t_relay(); break; };

# forward to current uri now: use stateful forwarding: # use stateful forwarding - it works reliably even if # we forward from TCP to UDP if (!t_relay()) { sl_reply_error(); }; }

onreply_route[1] { # NATed transaction? if (isflagset(6) && status=~"(183)|2[0-9][0-9]") { fix_nated_contact(); force_rtp_proxy(); log(1, "LOG: Fixed NATed contact, forced RTP PRoxy on reply\n"); # otherwise, it is a transaction behind a NAT and we # did not know at time of request processing? (RFC1918 contacts) } else if (nat_uac_test("1")) { fix_nated_contact(); }; }

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