>>>>> On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:01:19 +0200, "Timo Neuvonen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> said:
>> Try to figure out why it doesn't start. Find what command line args are Timo> being >> passed to bacula-dir e.g. by >> >> sh -x /etc/init.d/bacula start >> Then run bacula-dir with the same command line args to see if it reports >> auything. >> Timo> It very shy... reports very nothing before dying. Timo> 1.38.2 started with this: Timo> /usr/sbin/bacula-dir -u root -g bacula -c /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf Timo> After some trial and error, I noticed that this also made 1.38.3 to start. Timo> So, the problem is (or seems to be) in startup script, specifically: Timo> 1.38.2: Timo> DIR_USER=root Timo> DIR_GROUP=bacula Timo> 1.38.3 Timo> DIR_USER=bacula Timo> DIR_GROUP=bacula Ah, well spotted. Since you have run it as root on the same machine, the problem could be file permissions on something that bacula-dir opens on startup (e.g. the log and state files). You could try adding the -f option to see if that prints some output. If that doesn't help, then try running under strace -f and look for calls to open that fail with permission problems. Timo> Someone wiser than me needs to decide, if it's ok simply to change back user Timo> to root. Or is there a reason why not to do this? Are there some other Timo> changes that would really require a non-root user? The reason for running as non-root is security. If the Director had a bug that could do some damage or be exploited by a malicious attacker then running it as non-root allows you to restrict how much can be damaged. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
