[hobbit] msgs test on Linux host

Nico nico at crysto.org
Fri Mar 13 14:48:32 CET 2009


Hi

Could you check the rights of the directory /var/log/
Maybe hobbit can t go inside.

Regards

Nico


Le 13 mars 09 à 14:13, Benedikt Kristinsson <benedikt at utrad.is> a  
écrit :

> Hello.
>
> I have a slight problem with the msgs test.
>
> This is what shows up in the client data:
> [msgs:/var/log/messages]
> Cannot open logfile /var/log/messages : Permission denied
>
> But these are the permissions for the /var/log/messages:
> -rwxr-x--- 1 root admin 216864 Mar 13 12:19 /var/log/messages
>
> And as you see, hobbit is a member of the admin group
> # id hobbit
> uid=504(hobbit) gid=505(hobbit) groups=505(hobbit),506(admin)
>
> And the hobbit client is indeed running as that user (output from  
> ps, unneccesary parts omitted)
> hobbit    3781  [...] /usr/libexec/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitlaunch [..]
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards,
> Benedikt
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