From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 21 00:31:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7286616A405 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:31:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from smtp19.wxs.nl (smtp19.wxs.nl [195.121.247.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D57DF43D4C for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:31:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from ip51cc8423.speed.planet.nl (ip51cc8423.speed.planet.nl [81.204.132.35]) by smtp19.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 Patch 2 (built Jul 14 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IY100AZ9QSRC3@smtp19.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:31:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from Alex1.kruijff.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ip51cc8423.speed.planet.nl (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k3L0Veuo002041; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:31:40 +0200 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by Alex1.kruijff.org (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k3L0Vdqd002040; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:31:39 +0200 Content-return: prohibited Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:31:39 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <200604201017.48209.ben@spooty.net> To: Ben Paley Message-id: <20060421003139.GM919@Alex1.kruijff.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i References: <200604201017.48209.ben@spooty.net> X-Authentication-warning: Alex1.kruijff.org: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Horrible: Apache corrupting files? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:31:42 -0000 On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 10:17:47AM +0000, Ben Paley wrote: > Hello, > > I have Apache 2 running on FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE on a laptop on a small > office lan. Whenever one of the other machines (mostly Macs) makes a request > for a certain page on my machine, it is delivered succesfully but the file > itself is absolutely scrambled beyond recognition into a binary file. > Subsequent requests rescramble it into a different but equally nonsense > binary. > > I've looked with a binary editor and it really is completely messed up. I can > restore the file from a good archive copy, but every time the same thing > happens. > > The file was originally created on a mac by Flash (it's a 1.1k html file which > just embeds a flash movie). Recently I copied it to and from a Solaris box > via ftp from an Windows NT machine (although it wasn't opened afaik - a long > story, clearly, which also involves a usb flash drive...). > > Anyone have any ideas? The file itself is inconsequential, but the fact of > such blatant and relentless data corruption is very worrying to me! I don't > know if it's the file or my system or some combination... I'd really > appreciate some advice, I've been staring at it for two days and I'm starting > to bite my nails... How about setting the permission so that the file can not be changed. Then access the file and see if a process complains about not being able to change the file? P.S. I find it hard to beleave apache2 does this. I run apache2 myself and don't have this. -- Alex Please copy the original recipients, otherwise I may not read your reply. Howtos based on my personal use, including information about setting up a firewall and creating traffic graphs with MRTG http://alex.kruijff.org/FreeBSD/