On 30/03/07, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 3/30/2007 10:38 PM, Jason King wrote:
> > I ran into the same problem. You have to check the startup script and
> > change the user that it starts as. It's wanting to start as a user other
> > than root. Here is the line you are looking for in the rc.d script. The
> > -u flag should be changed it root.
>
> Oh... I don't agree here. I mean, I'm running the DIR as root, but this
> is on a machine dedicated to running Bacula, no user access, no access
> from beyond my firewall, not even any user accounts that could log into it.
>
> Generally, for security reasons, it's a good idea to run all services as
> non-root user.
>
> In fact I do know for sure that Bacula can run as non-root user, both on
> linux and on FreeBSD.
>
> You should make sure the acount the DIR tries to run as exists, and can
> access all the vital locations the DIR needs to access. These include
> the working directory and configuration files, and it is possible I
> forgot others :-)
>
> > : ${bacula_dir_flags=" -u root -g wheel -v -c
> > /usr/local/etc/bacula-dir.conf"}
> >
> > Kimi Ostro wrote:
> >> Hi list,
> >>
> >> today I built bacula from FreeBSD ports.
> >>
> >> Now I can start both bacula-sd and bacula-fd on startup, yet I cant
> >> start bacula-dir on startup. The error message I get in my log is:
> >> Mar 30 21:13:16 freebsd /boot/generic/kernel: pid 42355 (bacula-dir),
> >> uid 910: exited on signal 6
> >>
> >> I don't know why bacula-dir exits with Abort?
> >>
> >> I can start bacula-dir from the command line if I type this:
> >> # /usr/local/sbin/bacula-fd -vt -c /usr/local/etc/bacula-fd.conf
>
> The t options means a test of the configuration. It will not actually
> run the DIR as a daemon.
>sorry, was a typo error. still, typing: /usr/local/sbin/bacula-dir -fv -d99 -u bacula -g bacula -c /usr/local/etc/bacula-dir.conf works fine. yet /usr/local/etc/rc.d/bacula-dir start does not work and leave a message in /var/log/message about sig 6/abort. A buggy rc.d script. I am going to re-write it and see if that fixes the problem. > Arno > > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > -- > IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > -- Kimi ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
