On 03/19/2010 02:52 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > I have a little script to start fetchmail, which is activated in > rc.local. It runs perfectly when started from a root login; but it > fails when started from rc.local. > > Here is the info: > =========================== Scripts Start =========================== > $ more rc.local fetchmail-start > :::::::::::::: > rc.local > :::::::::::::: > #!/bin/sh > # > # This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts. > # You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't > # want to do the full Sys V style init stuff. > > # Fork a script that will start fetchmail for jonrysh in a few seconds > /etc/rc.d/fetchmail-start > > touch /var/lock/subsys/local > :::::::::::::: > fetchmail-start > :::::::::::::: > #!/bin/sh > # > # Start fetchmail for jonrysh > > su jonrysh -c 'sleep 5; fetchmail' > > =========================== Messages Start =========================== > Fetchmail emits the following error message and fails: > fetchmail: open: /home/jonrysh/.fetchmailrc: Permission denied > > What's happening? How can it be fixed? > > Thanks - jon > > The perms on /home/jonrysh/.fetchmailrc need to be 600, with ownership given to johrysh:johnrysh You could also start it without the su by adding it to your own crontab: @reboot sleep 30 & fetchmail -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
