From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 30 4:20:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from athserv.otenet.gr (athserv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73BD715885 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 04:20:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from localhost.hell.gr (patr530-a115.otenet.gr [195.167.115.115]) by athserv.otenet.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id OAA12042 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 14:20:15 +0200 (EET) Received: (qmail 3922 invoked by uid 1001); 30 Nov 1999 11:01:00 -0000 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 13:01:00 +0200 From: d e a t h To: Peter Kok Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: message from start up Message-ID: <19991130130100.D3470@hades.hell.gr> Reply-To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr References: <3842B6D4.685E7A27@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <3842B6D4.685E7A27@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 01:24:36AM +0800, Peter Kok wrote: > Hello all > > I don't understand the meaning of following message when starting up > freebsd > Please explain to me. > > message: > httpd mysqlstarting mysqld demon with databases from /var/db/mysql > smtpfwdd > itsfreebsd smtpfwdd[177]: can't open semaphore file in > "/var/smtpd/myqueue "Permission denied) - bye! Seems like an ordinary permissions problem. What user is the smtpfwdd running as? Does that user have write permission in the directory /var/smtpd/myqueue and that `semaphore file' that it needs? -- Giorgos Keramidas, "What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message