[Xymon] Hobbit Permission Problem

[David Baldwin]

On 29/03/11 4:16 PM, Adam Goryachev wrote:
> On 29/03/2011 3:59 PM, FORD Alan wrote:
>>
>> Not sure what Linux you are running, but have you looked SELinux This
>> could be causing you your access issues.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Check this link out on ways to turn it off to see if it is the culprit.
>>
>>  
>>
>> http://www.crypt.gen.nz/selinux/disable_selinux.html
>>
>>
> The machine has a /selinux directory, but no files inside, running
> echo 0 > /selinux/enforce has no effect (other than creating the file)...
>
> I don't have any selinux commands like setenforce or similar
>
> As I said, I'm using Debian Lenny, AKAIK, this doesn't enable selinux
> by default, and I don't think it is running.
>
> Is there any other way to see what is happening or why? This was one
> of the things I initially thought it might be, but I'm not sure how to
> proceed since it doesn't appear to be running/active...

What do you get when you do:

# su - hobbit
$ id -a
$ strace head -1 /var/log/messages
$ ltrace head -1 /var/log/messages

Thanks, David.

-- 
David Baldwin - IT Unit
Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au
Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617


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