On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 14:08 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > 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? > ---- this works for me (in rc.local)... /bin/su - craig -c '/usr/bin/fetchmail' & Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- 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
