[BlueOnyx:13859] SOLVED: Re: Re: phantom ip addresses, NICs and MAC addresses

[Tom]

Tom <wcstaff at ...> writes:



> 

> Tom <wcstaff <at> ...> writes:

> > I think I may have found my problem, regarding phantom ip addresses, 
NICs and MAC addresses, but I don't know how to safely correct it.

 > >From the console I performed the following:

> 

> > [root <at> ns]# cd /usr/sausalito/codb/objects

> > [root <at> ns objects]# grep -r 96.xxx.xxx * |more

> 

> 

> > I wrote down all the numbered Dirs that showed the wrong reported IP 

> > address. As I checked each file in the Dirs for the IPs, I also found 

> > files with the phantom NIC and MAC address.

>

> > I'm afraid to delete them or modify them for fear of causing damage to 

> > the system.

> > Is there a way to correct these? 

> 

> > In my quest of searching I read a post from 2009 by Michael S, 

> > explaining how to repair this error.

> 

> > Thanks

> > Tom

> 

> I went through each and every directory and file and found Directories 2 

> and 33 reporting the wrong MAC addresses for eth0 and eth1. And 

> Directories 692, 693, 694, 711 and 712 refer to eth2, eth3, eth4, eth5, 

> eth6, with phantom IP and Mac addresses. Since there are only 2 NICs 

> installed (eth0 and eth1), and when I check the network configuration 

> from the console, it shows correctly, I need to remove these references, 
> which may fix some of my problems. Can someone point me in the right 

> direction for some instructions. I found the following but am not sure if 

> it is correct:

> 

> etc/init.d/crond stop

> 

> etc/init.d/cced.init stop

> 

> modify the proper files in directories 2 and 33 to reflect the proper MAC 

> addresses.

> 

> remove the unneeded directories by performing:

> 

> rm -R /usr/sausalito/codb/objects/692

> 

> rm -R /usr/sausalito/codb/objects/693

> 

> rm -R /usr/sausalito/codb/objects/694

> 

> rm -R /usr/sausalito/codb/objects/611

> 

> rm -R /usr/sausalito/codb/objects/712

> 

> /etc/init.d/crond start

> 

> /etc/init.d/cced.init start

> 

> Thanks

> 

> Tom

> 

> 

SOLVED:

A big thank you to Michael Stauber.

I found a thread he wrote about creating the following script:

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I created a shellscript with this code in it and ran it:



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#!/bin/bash

LAST=-1

MIN=-1



for X in `ls /usr/sausalito/codb/objects/ | sort -n`

do

  MYNEXT=$(( $LAST + 1 ))

  if [ $MYNEXT -eq $X ]

  then

    LAST=$X

  else

    if [ $LAST -ge 1 ]

    then

      if [ $MIN -eq $LAST ]

      then

        echo -n $LAST,

      else

        echo -n $MIN-$LAST,

      fi

    fi

    LAST=$X

    MIN=$X

  fi

done

if [ $MYNEXT -lt $X ]

then

  echo -n $LAST

else

  echo -n $MIN-$LAST

fi



echo ""

echo "/usr/sausalito/codb/codb.oids reports:"

cat /usr/sausalito/codb/codb.oids

echo ""

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The script allowed me to compare what CODB thought it was using to what it 
actually was using.

I did the following from the console:



/etc/init.d/crond stop



/etc/init.d/cced.init stop



Then I ran the above script



The script gives you 2 lines of objects numbers. The first line is what is 
really being used by CODB and the second line is what CODB thinks it is 
using. 

I then went to /usr/Sausalito/codb and edited the codb.oids file to match 
the top correct line of numbers for the objects in the database.

Then:

/etc/init.d/crond start



/etc/init.d/cced.init start



All the extra phantom IP addresses, wrong Mac Addresses and strange entries 
in my DNS were all corrected and gone. Also, the part of the GUI systems 
settings/TCP/IP, that I whined about so much, now works.



Again THANK YOU Michael.



Tom