[hobbit] CONN status is white for all hosts

Josh Luthman josh at imaginenetworksllc.com
Wed Dec 19 20:27:33 CET 2007


Modify the permissions so that the hobbit user can execute fping!

Assuming your hobbit user is "hobbit" you'll need to either a) change the
group owner of /usr/sbin/fping to hobbit or b) add hobbit to group adm or c)
make it so everyone can r-x /usr/sbin/fping

On 12/19/07, Frank M. Ramaekers <FRamaekers at ailife.com> wrote:
>
> I've just got through installing a fresh version of hobbit and now
> everything looks great except for the "conn" status which is showing up
> white and showing "Hobbit system error".
>
> bb-network.log:
>
> 2007-12-19 13:15:10 Could not run the command '/usr/sbin/fping -Ae'
> (exec failed)
> 2007-12-19 13:15:10 hobbitping invocation failed: Permission denied
>
> -rwsr-x--- 1 root adm    35281 Mar  7  2007 /usr/sbin/fping
>
> -rwsr-x--- 1 root hobbit 71927 Apr 13  2007
> /usr/libexec/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitping
>
> TIA,
>
> Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
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