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Hello,
New to Hobbit...
I cannot start hobbit via the service command.  When I try I get the
following error:
I type:  service hobbit start
Error is:
Starting hobbit:  su:/bin/bash permission denied.
 
When I tried to do this manually it works fine.
 
#su - c "/usr/lib/hobbit/service/hobbit.sh start" - hobbit
 
 
Any help is much appreciated
 
Mike
 
 
Here is my /etc/init.d/hobbit.sh file:
 
#! /bin/sh
#
# hobbit          This shell script takes care of starting and stopping
#                 hobbit(the Hobbit network monitor)
#
# chkconfig: 2345 80 20
# description: hobbit is a network monitoring tool that allows \
# you to monitor hosts and services. The monitor status is available \
# via a webpage.
 
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/hobbit.sh
NAME=hobbit
DESC=hobbit
 
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
 
# Include hobbit defaults if available
if [ -f /etc/default/hobbit ] ; then
        . /etc/default/hobbit
fi
 
set -e
 
case "$1" in
  start)
        echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
        su -c "$DAEMON start" - hobbit
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  stop)
        echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
        su -c "$DAEMON stop" - hobbit
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  reload|force-reload)
        echo "Reloading $DESC configuration files."
        su -c "$DAEMON reload" - hobbit
        echo "$NAME."
          ;;
  restart)
        echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
        su -c "$DAEMON restart" - hobbit
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  rotate)
        echo -n "Rotating logs for $DESC: "
        su -c "$DAEMON rotate" - hobbit
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  *)
        N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
        # echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
        echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
        exit 1
        ;;
esac
 
exit 0

Hi,

Error is:
Starting hobbit:  su:/bin/bash permission denied.

Can you make a "grep hobbit /etc/passwd" ?

Etienne

hobbit:x:501:501:Hobbit user:/usr/lib/hobbit:/bin/bash
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Etienne Roulland [mailto:user-318b6b240fb9@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 2:37 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] su:/bin/bash permission denied

Hi,

Error is:
Starting hobbit:  su:/bin/bash permission denied.

Can you make a "grep hobbit /etc/passwd" ?

Etienne

Your path names are incorrect.

You said:
#su - c "/usr/lib/hobbit/service/hobbit.sh start" - hobbit
works.

However, you have:
DAEMON=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/hobbit.sh
in your script.

p.s. /usr/lib seems like a crazy place to put software, but that's
just my opinion.

Good luck,

Dan

On 2/27/06, Michael Ciccone <user-0f48d58fda03@xymon.invalid> wrote:

That's a typo... It should read... /usr/lib/hobbit/service for both.  As
far as location "/usr/lib".. This is where the rpm installed the
software.  But your right I should move it.

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Vande More [mailto:user-f3c4c62d9d50@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 4:50 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] su:/bin/bash permission denied

Your path names are incorrect.

You said:
#su - c "/usr/lib/hobbit/service/hobbit.sh start" - hobbit works.

However, you have:

DAEMON=/usr/lib/hobbit/service/hobbit.sh

in your script.

p.s. /usr/lib seems like a crazy place to put software, but that's just
my opinion.

Good luck,

Dan

On 2/27/06, Michael Ciccone <user-0f48d58fda03@xymon.invalid> wrote:

What does:

$ ls -lad /usr/ /usr/lib/ /usr/lib/hobbit/ /usr/lib/hobbit/server

Give you?

On 2/27/06, Michael Ciccone <user-0f48d58fda03@xymon.invalid> wrote:

ls -lad /usr
drwxr-xr-x  14 root root 4096 Feb 15 09:54 /usr

ls -lad /usr/lib
drwxr-xr-x  111 root root 81920 Feb 17 04:03 /usr/lib

ls -lad /usr/lib/hobbit
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 Feb 27 13:32 /usr/lib/hobbit

ls -lad /usr/lib/hobbit/server
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root 4096 Feb 27 13:52 /usr/lib/hobbit/server 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Vande More [mailto:user-f3c4c62d9d50@xymon.invalid] Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 5:08 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] su:/bin/bash permission denied

What does:

$ ls -lad /usr/ /usr/lib/ /usr/lib/hobbit/ /usr/lib/hobbit/server

Give you?

On 2/27/06, Michael Ciccone <user-0f48d58fda03@xymon.invalid> wrote: