Hi, On (20/12/05 17:35), Jose Gonzalez Gomez wrote: > 2005/12/20, Rumen Yotov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > On (20/12/05 13:59), Jose Gonzalez Gomez wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > > > I've just emerged Dante, and I'm trying to start it, but I'm getting the > > > following error and I don't know what's causing it... > > > > > > proxy ~ # /etc/init.d/dante-sockd start > > > Dec 20 15:01:20 (1135087280) sockd[0]: socks_seteuid(): old: 0, new: 101 > > > Dec 20 15:01:20 (1135087280) sockd[0]: socks_reseteuid(): current: 101, > > new: > > > 0 > > > Dec 20 14:01:20 (1135087280) sockd[0]: socks_reseteuid(): getpwuid(0): > > > Permission denied (errno = 13) > > > Dec 20 14:01:20 (1135087280) sockd[0]: sockdexit(): terminating > > > * Something is wrong with your configuration file > > > * for more info, see: man sockd.conf Check this file "/etc/sockd.conf (hint)" must be somewhere under /etc but i can't check as i don't have 'dante' installed. Read "man sockd.conf" too. Usually some programs (most often daemons) start as root and later fork/switch the process to other user ID. Main purpose is to gain more security if the service is compromised. e.x. apache,ftp & others. Check the above man page and the config file itself (read the comments, if any). > > > > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, best regards > > > Jose > > Hi, > > Seems it wants to run as user ID 101, so check your config files, whatever > > they are. > > Run "grep 101 /etc/passwd" to see which user it wants to be, or change the > > config. > > No experience with 'dante' though. > > > > The user with id 101 is indeed the sockd user: > > proxy ~ # grep 101 /etc/passwd > sockd:x:101:2:added by portage for dante:/etc/socks:/bin/false > > So I guess it must be doing something with that user that can't be done... > > Thanks for your help, best regards > Jose Rumen
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