[hobbit] msgs test on Linux host

[Benedikt Kristinsson]

On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 17:05 +0100, Malcolm Hunter wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> Silly question: You have tried restarting the daemon, haven't you?
> 
> By the way, you don't want execute permission on the messages file.
> 
> Malcolm
> 

hobbit had rights to read both into /var and /var/log

Looks like it worked after i restarted the client. But why? Doenst
hobbit try to read /var/log/messages every time it sends the client
data? 

Benedikt