[hobbit] /var/log/messages permission denied

[Josh Luthman]

chgrp HOBBITUSER /var/log/messages
chmod g+r /var/log/messages

Taken from:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit/Administration_Guide/Compiling_on_CentOS

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:51 AM, Gavin Leonard <gleonard at progrexion.com>
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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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