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Chapter 8 Diagnosing Problems With CiscoWorks Server
Frequently Asked Questions
The main process which runs as root monitors the child processes. It does not
accept any HTTP requests. Owing to this, Apache ensures that a root process
is not exposed to the external world and thus ensures security.
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If you do not want CiscoWorks processes to run as root, do not use the ports
80 and 443.
When you execute the utility with the appropriate options, it displays
messages on the tasks it performs.
This utility lists out all the files that are being updated. Before updating, the
utility will back up all the affected files in /opt/CSCOpx/conf/backup and
creates appropriate unique sub-directories.
It also creates a new file index.txt. This text file contains information about
the changed port and a list of all the files that are backed up and their actual
location in the CiscoWorks directory.
A sample backup maybe similar to:
/opt
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`--/CSCOpx
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`--/conf
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`--/backup
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|--README.txt (Note the purpose of this directory as it is initially empty)
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`--/AAAtpaG03_Ciscobak (Autogenerated unique backup directory).
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|--index.txt (The backup file list)
|--httpd.conf (Webserver config file)
|--md.properties (CiscoWorks config elements)
|--mdc_web.xml (Common Services application config file)
|--regdaemon.key (Common Services config registry key file)
|--regdaemon.xml (Common Services config registry data file)
|--rootapps.conf (CiscoWorks daemons using privileged ports)
|--services (The system /etc/services file)
|--ssl.properties (CiscoWorks config elements for SSL mode)
`--vms_web.xml (Common Services application config file)
Note
All the above files and the unique directories are stored with read only permission
to casuser:casusers. To ensure the security of the backup files, only the
CiscoWorks Server administrator has write permissions.
