On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 11:21 AM, G.Wolfe Woodbury<ggw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > F11+updates doing a "service httpd status" reports that the subsystem is > locked but httpd dead. Examination of ps output shows the httpd processes, > and pidof reports them. Prepending sudo to the service command does things > right. > > Not sure why the sudo makes a difference, but it seems to me that it > shouldn't require root privleges to simply inquire for the status of > something. That would be because the pidfile is located in /var/run/httpd vs /var/run (as in rhel), and is not readable by nonroot: drwx------. 2 root root 4096 2009-09-02 16:04 /var/run/httpd Not really a bug since regular users don't need to be querying service status, and httpd isn't singled out. -- Jason -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
