Can you give us all some details on how do to that?
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Krash, Paul <pkrash at exegy.com> wrote:
I noticed on Centos 4 through 5.1 that the permissions on /var/log/messages do not hold after the logs are rotated.
I added the chmod and chgrp commands to the logrotate scripts.
Not sure if this happens on other versions....
Best,
PKrash
*From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] *Sent:* Friday, May 16, 2008 1:56 AM *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] /var/log/messages permission denied
chgrp HOBBITUSER /var/log/messages chmod g+r /var/log/messages
Taken from: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit/Administration_Gu...
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:51 AM, Gavin Leonard <gleonard at progrexion.com> wrote:
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?
No entries in /var/log/messages <http://misery.pgx.local/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=pbx-01&SECTION=msgs:/var/log/messages>
Full log /var/log/messages <http://misery.pgx.local/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=pbx-01&SECTION=msgs:/var/log/messages>
Cannot open logfile /var/log/messages : Permission denied
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