Date::Calc::Decode_Month(): argument is not a string

[neorum@…]

Error

Date::Calc::Decode_Month(): argument is not a string

Trace

Date::Calc::Decode_Month(): argument is not a string at /usr/share/perl5/EBox/CA.pm line 2316.

[anonymous]

zentyal.log

[ejhernandez@…]

Hi there,

Could you paste here the output of the following command?

sudo openssl x509 -enddate -in '/var/lib/zentyal/CA/cacert.pem' -noout

Which steps do you take to have this problem?

Best,

[softwork@…]

I have the same problem, when I try to login in UserCorner?.

Date::Calc::Decode_Month(): argument is not a string at /usr/share/perl5/EBox/CA.pm line 2316.

[softwork@…]

sudo openssl x509 -enddate -in '/var/lib/zentyal/CA/cacert.pem' -noout

gives me

"notAfter=Aug 25 12:35:05 2021 GMT"

[jean.navarro@…]

same problem after fresh install in virtualbox for test, when I try login in UserCorner?

sudo openssl x509 -enddate -in '/var/lib/zentyal/CA/cacert.pem' -noout => notAfter=Sep 2 20:08:23 2021 GMT

[innocenti_jr]

Same symptoms here.

I also found the same error in zentyal.log (apart from usercorner):

2011/09/09 15:48:54 WARN> EventDaemon.pm:188 EBox::EventDaemon::__ANON__ - Erro  executing run from EBox::Event::Watcher::DiskFreeSpace: Date::Calc::Decode_Month(): argument is not a string at /usr/share/perl5/EBox/CA.pm line 2316.

And no, I really have no clue at all why DiskFreeSpace? may call something in CA.pm ;->

[jamor@…]

Hello people,

I have difficulty to find what raises this error. Could you say me what is the estate of your certification authority?. Is not created? Is created? Is revoked?.

[innocenti_jr]

It's created and valid.

I found the following in /var/log/zentyal-usercorner/error.log:

sh: cannot create /var/lib/zentyal/tmp/openssl-shell.out: Permission denied
sh: cannot create /var/lib/zentyal/tmp/openssl-shell.out: Permission denied
Use of uninitialized value $monthStr in substitution (s///) at /usr/share/perl5/EBox/CA.pm line 2315.

openssl-shell.out (and openssl-shell.err) were not present. I created these files manually (with chmod 666) and was able to login successfully.

I don't know why they disappeared.

[jamor@…]

Thanks innocenti.

This information will be very useful to reproduce this bug

[jamor@…]

(In [23203]) Dont cache CA certificates values on module creation to play well along with usercorner closes #3186

[jamor@…]

Fixed in the repository.

If you want to hotfix your server:

1) Replace /usr/share/perl5/EBox/CA.pm with  http://trac.zentyal.org/export/23203/branches/jag/2.1-sep12/ca/src/EBox/CA.pm

2) Execute 'sudo /etc/init.d/zentyal usercorner restart' and 'sudo /etc/init.d/zentyal apache restart'

Thanks to all for the reports

[innocenti_jr]

Replying to jamor@…:

If you want to hotfix your server:

Thanks! The hotfix is working fine here.

[lars@…]

I tried the hotfix with the CA.pm supplied above and the latest from trunk. It does not work here with both versions.

$VAR1 = bless( {

'-file' => '/usr/share/perl5/EBox/CA.pm', '-text' => 'Date::Calc::Decode_Month(): argument is not a string', '-line' => '2316', '-package' => 'Error'

}, 'Error::Simple' );

[jamor@…]

Hi Lars,

can you try this command and paste the output here?:

sudo openssl x509 -enddate -in '/var/lib/zentyal/CA/cacert.pem' -noout 

It could be useful to diagnose your problem

[lars@…]

Hi Jamor,

the output looks OK!?

notAfter=Aug 23 12:07:25 2021 GMT

lars

[jamor@…]

Thanks for your output, Lars.

The output is correct and i should not produce this error, we have tried several configurations but we haven't been able to reproduce again this error. Also nobody else has reported it after the last fixes.

We are in the dark and we are starting to think that is a very infrequent openssl error.

I close this until we have more confirmation or hints about it.