On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 22:25 -0700, Don Russell wrote: > I just installed mrtg 2.13.2 on FC5 and noticed the sample config file > in /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg > > This file has LogDir defined as /var/lib/mrtg There's a few things that do that, too (htdig, webalizer, etc.). It seem odd to me, as well, they are logs, not libraries. I suppose you might bugzilla it, on that point (that they're really in the wrong place). In other distros, that sort of thing would get a package dropped. > Part 2: (The fun part) :-) > > I created a new userid (mrtg) and created a little script to run > cfgmaker and indexmaker, but now I don't know how to run mrtg so it can > produce the graphs etc in /var/www/mrtg... When I installed it, you configured it just the once. And it already had created a CRON entry that ran every five minutes. > I suppose I could run mrtg as root... but I hate running stuff as root > if not needed. Don't know if it is needed, that might depend on what you're polling for information. I left it as-is. Mine is just producing results for traffic through my router, the only variable is the amount of data, no address interpretation is involved, so I can't see how it can be exploited. > Or, how can I grant write permission so the mrtg user can write to > /var/www/mrtg, but not other apache-owned files/directories? Change the ownership of that directory to the same as mrtg. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
