Icecast - Dec 2004 - icecast2 setup problem - unable to open logfiles

running it as myself ("dan") - the same as the owner of the logfiles
and of the containing folder.

i did try running it as root at first, but as you probably know, you
get a warning message if you try to do that.

dan


On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 13:03:08 -0800, Daniel <lpmusix@gmail.com>
wrote:
> what user are you running icecast as?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 08:31:29 +0000, Dan Stowell <danstowell@gmail.com>
wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm setting up icecast2 on a Mac OSX. I can't get it to run
because
> > icecast complains about being unable to start logging - however,
I'm
> > pretty sure the logfiles are accessible. The relevant part of the
> > config file is:
> >
> >         <paths>
> >                 <basedir>
> >                         /Users/dan/icecasting
> >                 </basedir>
> >                 <logdir>
> >                         /Users/dan/icecasting/logs
> >                 </logdir>
> >                 <webroot>
> >                         /Users/dan/icecasting/webserving
> >                 </webroot>
> >         </paths>
> >         <logging>
> >                 <accesslog>
> >                         icecast2access.log
> >                 </accesslog>
> >                 <errorlog>
> >                         icecast2error.log
> >                 </errorlog>
> >                 <loglevel>
> >                         4
> >                 </loglevel>
> >         </logging>
> >
> > Those logfiles are accessible - if I type "ls -l
> > /Users/dan/icecasting/logs" I get
> >
> > -rw-rw-r--  1 dan  admin     0  6 Dec 23:48 icecast2access.log
> > -rw-rw-r--  1 dan  admin     0  6 Dec 23:48 icecast2error.log
> > -rw-rw-r--  1 dan  admin  1106  6 Dec 23:03 ices.log
> >
> > Similarly, the "logs" directory is fully writeable. So why
is Icecast
> > finding it impossible to open the files for writing?
> >
> > I'll be grateful for any hints -
> > Best,
> > Dan
> >
> > --
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> >
> 

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Dan Stowell wrote:

[icecast can't write to log files]
> running it as myself ("dan") - the same as the owner of the
logfiles
> and of the containing folder.
>> > -rw-rw-r--  1 dan  admin     0  6 Dec 23:48 icecast2access.log
>> > -rw-rw-r--  1 dan  admin     0  6 Dec 23:48 icecast2error.log
>> > -rw-rw-r--  1 dan  admin  1106  6 Dec 23:03 ices.log
Who owns the directory containing the logs? Is it "executable" (i.e.
traversible)? By whom?

Z

Zenon Panoussis wrote:
> 
> Dan Stowell wrote:
> 
> [icecast can't write to log files]
> 
> > running it as myself ("dan") - the same as the owner of the
logfiles
> > and of the containing folder.
> 
> >> > -rw-rw-r--  1 dan  admin     0  6 Dec 23:48
icecast2access.log
> >> > -rw-rw-r--  1 dan  admin     0  6 Dec 23:48 icecast2error.log
> >> > -rw-rw-r--  1 dan  admin  1106  6 Dec 23:03 ices.log
> 
> Who owns the directory containing the logs? Is it "executable"
(i.e.
> traversible)? By whom?
I own it, and everyone can traverse it! i.e.:

drwxrwxrwx  5 dan  admin   170  6 Dec 23:48 logs

Dan