It might help to use a couple of different commands, please try these two: groups www-data
ls -lR /usr/local/rt/var/data -- Richard Foley Ciao - shorter than aufwiedersehen http://www.rfi.net/ On Friday 06 March 2009 17:46:50 Jim Tambling wrote: > Hi, > > greyarea jim # ls -l /usr/local/rt/var/data/RT_Shredder/ > total 0 > greyarea jim # ps -ef | grep apache2 > root 3889 1 0 13:57 ? 00:00:06 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k > start > root 3898 11198 0 13:57 pts/7 00:00:00 tail -f > /var/log/apache2/error.log > root 5862 32163 0 12:36 pts/1 00:00:00 tail -f > /var/log/apache2/error.log > root 18192 935 0 14:33 pts/4 00:00:00 tail -F > /var/log/apache2/error.log > www-data 22739 3889 0 16:19 ? 00:00:03 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k > start > www-data 22740 3889 0 16:19 ? 00:00:05 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k > start > www-data 22741 3889 0 16:19 ? 00:00:04 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k > start > www-data 22742 3889 0 16:19 ? 00:00:03 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k > start > www-data 22743 3889 0 16:19 ? 00:00:03 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k > start > www-data 22765 3889 0 16:19 ? 00:00:02 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k > start > www-data 25089 3889 0 16:26 ? 00:00:02 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k > start > www-data 25090 3889 0 16:26 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k > start > www-data 25091 3889 0 16:26 ? 00:00:02 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k > start > root 31666 984 0 16:42 pts/2 00:00:00 grep apache2 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Foley [mailto:richard.fo...@rfi.net] > Sent: 06 March 2009 13:24 > To: Jim Tambling > Cc: rt-users@lists.bestpractical.com; rt-us...@bestpractical.com > Subject: Re: [rt-users] Shredder in 3.8.2 > > > On Friday 06 March 2009 14:04:17 Jim Tambling wrote: > > Hi > > > > I am trying to get shredder working, I have created the directory and > > made it writable by www-data but I still get an error; > > > > "Shredder needs a directory to write dumps to. Please check that you > > have <span class="file-path">/usr/local/rt/var/data/RT-Shredder</span> > > and it is writable by your web server." > > > > Am I missing something? > > > Maybe www-data is the wrong user/group - please post the result of: > > ls -l /usr/local/rt/var/data/RT-Shredder > > and (for apache or httpd): > > ps -ef | grep httpd > > and the results of running the "groups" command against the RT "user", > something _like_ this might do it: > > groups rtuser > > -- > Richard Foley > Ciao - shorter than aufwiedersehen > > http://www.rfi.net/ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: > 03/06/09 07:20:00 > _______________________________________________ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: sa...@bestpractical.com Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com