Hi all, I''m trying to start Mongrel using a configuration file, but Mongrel complains: $ sudo mongrel_rails start --config /usr/local/www/xltester.com/config/mongrel.yml !!! Path to log file not valid: log/mongrel.log mongrel::start reported an error. Use mongrel_rails mongrel::start -h to get help. I''m using sudo above to replicate monit, not because I run Mongrel as root. Here''s Mongrel''s config file: $ cat /usr/local/www/xltester.com/config/mongrel.yml --- :environment: production :host: 127.0.0.1 :config_file: :group: xltester :num_processors: 1024 :docroot: /usr/local/www/xltester.com/public :port: "4785" :prefix: :mime_map: :cwd: /usr/local/www/xltester.com :debug: false :daemon: true :log_file: /usr/local/www/xltester.com/log/mongrel.log :includes: - mongrel :user: xltester :pid_file: /usr/local/www/xltester.com/log/mongrel.4785.pid :timeout: 0 :config_script: The permissions are: $ ls -ld /usr/local/www/xltester.com/config drwx------ 5 xltester xltester 4096 2007-04-06 13:35 /usr/local/www/xltester.com/config $ ls -ld /usr/local/www/xltester.com/config/mongrel.yml -rw------- 1 xltester xltester 426 2007-04-06 13:34 /usr/local/www/xltester.com/config/mongrel.yml Mongrel''s log files stay empty, and the PID file is obviously not generated. At first, I had specified the log_file, pid_file and docroot options as relative paths to cwd, but Mongrel complained with the same message as above. Anyway, what am I doing wrong here ? Thanks ! -- Fran?ois Beausoleil http://blog.teksol.info/ http://piston.rubyforge.org/