Re: [cobalt-users] Cannot convert from vanilla group to shadow group

["Brett" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> We get the following error while trying to add a site to a our RaQ3.
>
> Cannot convert from vanilla group to shadow group
>
> Anybody know what this problems is caused by?
>
> Thanks
> Mike

Hello Mike,

I have has this problem for a while now.  Cobalt support really was no help,
all I asked them was to tell me what service the error applied to and they
kept giving me the run aroaund, so I gave up with them.  The only thing I
have noticed wrong with my machine since this error started occuring was
that the /siteadmin pages will not accept a users password, but will accept
the admin password, so I tend to think it has to do with adding passwords.
But then again, the users can access every other function available to them.
What I have learned is this:

Virtual sites are added to the machine all the way up to database input.  So
while new sites don't show in the admin area they are set up on the machine.

WORKAROUND:

I found a link on the list for a script called meta-verify.  When I add a
new virtual, I ssh in and run meta-verify, which checks the box for
differences in the database and the system.  You can chose from within the
commands the script gives to add the new vitual to the backend database.
Your only other option I know of is to get the Restore CD and reset the
machine.

If you want to get dirty and have some knowledge of perl you can go through
the AddSite.cgi script and all the files and modules included through the
process.  Just do a locate for .cobalt and it will give you all the files
the GUI uses.  There are a lot of files to check out, and I have yet to
pinpoint the exact cause, but you do have a reference point in that the
error happens before the new info is added to the database.

You will also notice this error when deleting a vitual, and I have only on
occasion seen the error when adding a new user, go figure.  If you have any
luck please post to the list.

HTH,
Brett