[mrtg] Re: Permissions?

[David Ziemba]

> # please place quoted message before your reply > especially M$ users

Thanks, sorry if I offended you by my inability to properly form replies.
I'm also sorry to hear about your dislike for "M$" product.

> On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:35:29 -0700, "David Ziemba" wrote in 
> <E49083FFAA8A0C40B2384556591CD8D40CB28A at exchange-c.coloradocollege.
> edu>:
> >
> > > On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:02:04 -0500, "Bigelow, Andrea L." wrote in
> > > <E140F7BF5ED11A47AEE830C6FF0FA4C00563ECCE at opc-sec-ex1.sec.gov>:
> > > > I'm getting this when I run cfgmaker on a different machine --
> > > ...
> > > > SNMP Error: send_query: Operation not permitted
> > >
> > > I'm not FreeBSD user, but it sounds like packet filtering problem:
> >
> > I don't think the filter would be the case with a default 
> install of 
> > FreeBSD 5.
> 
> Sorry to bother you, but I never seen this kind of error except
> 2 occasions:
> 
> a) non-privileged(non-root) user trying to bind privileged 
> port (<1024)

...but remember, we are requesting the data from the remote server port
<1024, not sending it out on.  Local non-root users have no problem with
creating the higher-than ports to receive the requested data.

> b) some kind of packet filter reject(or denied) the packet

True, although, FreeBSD 5 does not have any packet filter on after booting
a default installation.  When she said 'default', well, that was my
keyword anyway...

> > What versions are you using of perl, png, jpeg, freetype, and gd are 
> > you using?
> Ah... are you suggesting that it caused by some 
> 'missing/out-of-date  applications'?
> wow, I'm just curious about it.

While troubleshooting a problem, it pays to have all of the information
about a problem to postulate a theory, and further, a solution.  These
programs are all dependencies of mrtg on a FreeBSD system, therefore, that
information will certainly help.  There is not an easy way, without using
checkout, to discern if any updates or patches are available for
compilation.

> Regards,
> Takumi Yamane <yamtak at b-session.com>

Take it easy,
David

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