[hobbit] msgs test on Linux host

[Josh Luthman]

Type namei -m /var/log

On 3/13/09, Nico <nico at crysto.org> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Could you check the rights of the directory /var/log/
> Maybe hobbit can t go inside.
>
> Regards
>
> Nico
>
>
> Le 13 mars 09 à 14:13, Benedikt Kristinsson <benedikt at utrad.is> a
> écrit :
>
>> Hello.
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Benedikt
>>
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