[hobbit] file monitoring permission problems

[Ralph Mitchell]

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 1:05 PM, L.M.J <linuxmasterjedi at free.fr> wrote:

> Le Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:12:20 +0100,
> "Chris" <chris at spw.info> a écrit :
>
> > This is confirmed when looking into the client data sent to the server:
> >
> > [file:/opt/oracle/product/j2ee/applications/appl.ear]
> > ERROR: Permission denied
> >
> > Is there an easy workaround without having to change file permissions,
> eg.
> > running the file tests with sudo?
>
> You can add the user "hobbit" to the oracle unix group. I think it's the
> fastest and simplest way
> to fix your issue.
>

That also reduces your database security, and I'll bet your DBAs wouldn't
allow it.  Better to have the oracle account run the script from cron and
pick up the output from a neutral location.

Ralph Mitchell
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