/var/log/messages permission denied

chgrp HOBBITUSER /var/log/messages
chmod g+r /var/log/messages

Taken from:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit/Administration_Guide/Compiling_on_CentOS

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:51 AM, Gavin Leonard <user-d65663809eb4@xymon.invalid>
wrote:

 When I look at my messages status on the Main BB page I only see this?
Do I need to change the perms on the /var/log/messages folder?


No entries in /var/log/messages <http://misery.pgx.local/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=pbx-01&SECTION=msgs:/var/log/messages>;


Full log /var/log/messages <http://misery.pgx.local/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=pbx-01&SECTION=msgs:/var/log/messages>;

Cannot open logfile /var/log/messages : Permission denied


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