From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 18 1:35:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C027715245 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 01:35:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.040 #1) id 11oNyR-0004QM-00; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:35:27 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: dan.langille@dvl-software.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cannot become a daemon: Permission denied In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 18 Nov 1999 19:45:15 +1300." <199911180644.AAA17416@metis.host4u.net> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:35:27 +0200 Message-ID: <17009.942917727@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 18 Nov 1999 19:45:15 +1300, "Dan Langille" wrote: > I'm trying to start cvsupd on a box. > > # su -m cvsup -c "/usr/local/sbin/cvsupd -e -C 8 -l daemon -s > /usr/local/etc/cvsup/sup.client" > Cannot create "daemon": Permission denied > > It will start with this command: > > # su -m cvsup -c "/usr/local/sbin/cvsupd -e -s Perhaps I'm stating the obvious here, but are you sure that user cvsup has write permissions on the directory from which you run the first form of the command? If a file ``daemon'' exists in that directory, are you sure that user cvsup has write permission on that file? Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message