Hurricane Matthew

The dogs are sleeping while I'm hunkering.

Horses & Hounds 2016 Was a Big Success

Horses & Hounds is an annual event sponsored by the Horses & Hounds Charitable Foundation on Sympatico Farm in Lake Worth, Florida.

Both greyhound and non-greyhounds are invited along with their owners.

This year, the activities included a dressage demonstration, a presentation from Medieval Times in Orlando, free hot dogs (yum!), an exotic car display (I love the color of the Corvette!) and a silent auction.

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[SOLVED] "error running shared postrotate script for '/var/log/mysql.log /var/log/mysql/mysql.log /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log '"

Recently I upgraded Linux on my home server and every day I would get this email:

Subject: Anacron job 'cron.daily' on server.local

/etc/cron.daily/logrotate:
error: error running shared postrotate script for '/var/log/mysql.log /var/log/mysql/mysql.log /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log '
run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1

I first examined the /etc/cron.daily/logrotate script.
There was only one executable line: /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf

I next examined /etc/logrotate.conf and found this: include /etc/logrotate.d

logrotate.d is a directory of scripts to run.

Since my error message was for MySQL, I examined the /etc/logrorate.d/mysql-server script. One line in this script is
MYADMIN="/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"

I examined /etc/mysql/debian.cnf and found the cause of the error message:

user = debian-sys-maint
password = oMhAfEiEiO


It was the PASSWORD! There was a mismatch between the password in debian.cnf and the password for the debian-sys-maint user in MySQL.

Finally, I changed the password for debian-sys-maint in MySQL to the password listed in debian.cnf and the daily error message email stopped.

mysql -u root -p

use mysql;
update user set password=PASSWORD("oMhAfEiEiO") where user="debian-sys-maint";


It seems like every time I reinstall the backup of my databases on a new system I overwrite the password.

Charlie

I recently began fostering one of the greyhounds from Friends of Greyhounds.

Charlie is a sweet boy and gets along well with people and other greyhounds. He does have issues with children and small animals. You can read Charlie's profile here.

When Charlie first came into my house he was a "slow starter". It took him 2-3 days to relax and feel at home. He has a favorite bed and loves playing in the backyard. My other three greyhounds run and play with him like he is an old friend.

The biggest problems I have experienced with Charlie are:
1. He will hit you with his head when he wants to be petted and you are ignoring him.
and
2. He will bring his outside toys into the house.