On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 15:02 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: > On 03/19/2010 02:52 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > > I have a little script to start fetchmail, which is activated in > > rc.local. It runs perfectly when started from a root login; but it > > fails when started from rc.local. > > > > Here is the info: > > =========================== Scripts Start =========================== > > $ more rc.local fetchmail-start > > :::::::::::::: > > rc.local > > :::::::::::::: > > #!/bin/sh > > # > > # This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts. > > # You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't > > # want to do the full Sys V style init stuff. > > > > # Fork a script that will start fetchmail for jonrysh in a few seconds > > /etc/rc.d/fetchmail-start > > > > touch /var/lock/subsys/local > > :::::::::::::: > > fetchmail-start > > :::::::::::::: > > #!/bin/sh > > # > > # Start fetchmail for jonrysh > > > > su jonrysh -c 'sleep 5; fetchmail' > > > > =========================== Messages Start =========================== > > Fetchmail emits the following error message and fails: > > fetchmail: open: /home/jonrysh/.fetchmailrc: Permission denied > > > > What's happening? How can it be fixed? > The perms on /home/jonrysh/.fetchmailrc need to be 600, with ownership > given to jonrysh:jonrysh Everything is as you recommend. Note that the scheme works when invoked from a command window running a shell as root, but not from the init script. > You could also start it without the su by adding it to your own crontab: > @reboot sleep 30 & fetchmail Thanks, I'll try this. But I'd still like to know what's the reason for the permission failure when running out of rc.local . SELinux issues? Thanks - jon -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
