[Users] openserctl fifo

nick nick at mobilia.it
Tue Dec 5 17:06:58 CET 2006


Bogdan-Andrei Iancu wrote:
> Hi nick,
> 
> you have to configure  (in openser.cfg)  the owner and group for the 
> fifo files in such a manner to permit access (read/write) for the users 
> (OS users) interested to access the fifo.
> 
> there is no default cfg.
> 
> you your case, maybe the user running the openserctl has no permission 
> to write into /var/tmp/ dir
> 
> regards,
> bogdan
> 
> nick wrote:
> 
>> A tangential question, what user should be the default for the 
>> creation of the /tmp/openser_fifo and /var/tmp/ fifo files?
>>
>> I get the openser_fifo files to create just fine, but when I do an 
>> openserctl moni or any other command, I get errors about it not being 
>> able to create the /var/tmp/fifo_somerandomnumber output file..
>>
> 

Strange, for the moment, I'm running openserctl as root, I put the 
default user and group in openser.cfg as root.

I find it strange to think that root wouldn't have the permission to 
write in /var/tmp..  should I try just /tmp/ ?




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