Bug 38849 – "bad marshal data" by admin.modules.update()

Bug 38849 - "bad marshal data" by admin.modules.update()


Summary:	"bad marshal data" by admin.modules.update()

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Product:	UCS
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	UMC - Domain management (Generic)
Version:	UCS 4.0
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	P5 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	UCS 4.0-x
Assigned To:	UMC maintainers
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Reported:	2015-07-07 14:19 CEST by Florian Best
Modified:	2022-06-30 14:32 CEST (History)
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See Also:	39013
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Description Florian Best

2015-07-07 14:19:38 CEST

Reported, 4.0-2 errata213 (Walle)

Happens if a .pyc file in univention/admin/handlers/*/* is corrupt or broken:
It prevented a start of the UDM module.

Failed to load module udm: bad marshal data (unknown type code)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "%PY2.7%/univention/management/console/protocol/modserver.py", line 100, in _load_module
    self.__module = __import__(file_, [], [], modname)
  File "%PY2.7%/univention/management/console/modules/udm/__init__.py", line 69, in &lt;module&gt;
    from .udm_ldap import (
  File "%PY2.7%/univention/management/console/modules/udm/udm_ldap.py", line 69, in &lt;module&gt;
    udm_modules.update()
  File "%PY2.7%/univention/admin/modules.py", line 92, in update
    os.path.walk(dir, _walk, p)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/posixpath.py", line 246, in walk
    walk(name, func, arg)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/posixpath.py", line 238, in walk
    func(arg, top, names)
  File "%PY2.7%/univention/admin/modules.py", line 76, in _walk
    m=__import__(mod, globals(), locals(), name)
ValueError: bad marshal data (unknown type code)

Comment 1 Stefan Gohmann

2019-01-03 07:16:49 CET

This issue has been filled against UCS 4.0. The maintenance with bug and security fixes for UCS 4.0 has ended on 31st of May 2016.

Customers still on UCS 4.0 are encouraged to update to UCS 4.3. Please contact
your partner or Univention for any questions.

If this issue still occurs in newer UCS versions, please use "Clone this bug" or simply reopen the issue. In this case please provide detailed information on how this issue is affecting you.