[hobbit] /var/log/messages permission denied Centos 4 and 5

[Josh Luthman]

Can you give us all some details on how do to that?

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Krash, Paul <pkrash at exegy.com> wrote:

>   I noticed on Centos 4 through 5.1 that the permissions on
> /var/log/messages
> do not hold after the logs are rotated.
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> I added the chmod and chgrp commands to the logrotate scripts.
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> Not sure if this happens on other versions....
>
> Best,
>
> PKrash
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> *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, May 16, 2008 1:56 AM
> *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] /var/log/messages permission denied
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> chgrp HOBBITUSER /var/log/messages
> chmod g+r /var/log/messages
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> Taken from:
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit/Administration_Guide/Compiling_on_CentOS
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> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:51 AM, Gavin Leonard <gleonard at progrexion.com>
> wrote:
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>>  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?
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>> No entries in /var/log/messages <http://misery.pgx.local/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=pbx-01&SECTION=msgs:/var/log/messages>
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>> Full log /var/log/messages <http://misery.pgx.local/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=pbx-01&SECTION=msgs:/var/log/messages>
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>> Cannot open logfile /var/log/messages : Permission denied
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