[hobbit] /var/log/messages permission denied

[T.J. Yang]

Our approach to this issue is  to have hobbit client install/removal non-intrusive to client system.


1. have hobbit client depend on sudo package.
2. add entry for hobbit client's account in sudoer file.
3. make sure SUDO is point to correct sudo binary.
4. remove hobbit client entry upon removal of hobbit client package.


T.J. Yang

Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 12:10:22 +0000
From: bjorgvin at anza.is
To: hobbit at hswn.dk
Subject: RE: [hobbit] /var/log/messages permission denied



















We had this problem aswell at our site.

 

What seems to be happening is logrotate makes a new
/var/log/messages file and changes the permissions on the file. What we did to
fix this was:

 

1.      
Make a new goup and add the hobbit/bb user to the grp.

2.      
Edit /etc/logrotate.d/syslog and add/edit the following line

create 640 root „name of group“

Then hobbit/bb should be able to read the file.

 

 

 

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From: Josh Luthman
[mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] 

Sent: 16. maí 2008 06:56

To: hobbit at hswn.dk

Subject: Re: [hobbit] /var/log/messages permission denied



 

chgrp HOBBITUSER
/var/log/messages

chmod g+r /var/log/messages



Taken from: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit/Administration_Guide/Compiling_on_CentOS



On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:51 AM, Gavin Leonard <gleonard at progrexion.com> wrote:





When I look at my messages status on the Main BB page I
only see this?  Do I need to change the perms on the /var/log/messages
folder?

 

No entries in /var/log/messages  Full log /var/log/messagesCannot open logfile /var/log/messages : Permission denied

 

 


 
  
   
  
 
 
  
   
  
  
  
   
    
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