[hobbit] /var/log/messages permission denied

[Björgvin Þorgrímsson]

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 <http://misery.pgx.local/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=pbx-01&SECTION=msgs:/var/log/messages> 
 
 
Full log /var/log/messages <http://misery.pgx.local/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=pbx-01&SECTION=msgs:/var/log/messages> 
Cannot open logfile /var/log/messages : Permission denied

 

 

 

 

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