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Re: [hobbit] msgs test on Linux host
- To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
- Subject: Re: [hobbit] msgs test on Linux host
- From: "Malcolm Hunter" <malcolm.hunter (at) gmx.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:05:41 +0100
- References: <20090312205523.27b878ef (at) netstation.linuxnetwork.local> <d377b1eb804388cc7493927162ccf33c (at) 192.168.10.1> <200903121803.49809.s_aiello (at) comcast.net> <235219d65289e75db3a399429e1b883b (at) imap> <1236950014.7505.17.camel (at) bk-laptop>
> 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
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