On 30 Mar 2007 at 22:16, Kimi Ostro wrote:
> 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.
I'll be happy to see any solutions you find.
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