From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 18 2:23:36 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 69F7E14C0D for ; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 02:23:29 -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 11oOil-0004ia-00; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 12:23:19 +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 23:09:40 +1300." <199911181009.EAA28014@metis.host4u.net> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 12:23:19 +0200 Message-ID: <18139.942920599@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 18 Nov 1999 23:09:40 +1300, "Dan Langille" wrote: > [root@fred:/usr/local/etc/cvsup] # su -m cvsup -c "/usr/local/sbin/cvsupd -e -C 8 -l daemon -s /usr/local/etc/cvsup/sup.client" > [root@fred:/usr/local/etc/cvsup] # Cannot become a daemon: Permission denied Is sup.client a file or a directory? The manpage makes it sound like it should be a directory. The permissions issue applies there too if it is a directory. If it's a file, make sure that's a legal argument to the -s option. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message