[rrd-users] Rrdcache permission problem

[Aravind M D]

On 2013-03-05 15:38, Steve Shipway wrote:
> Since you specified -b (base directory) and -B (base directory only)
> when starting rrdcached, it means that you can only specify RRD files
> relative to the base directory.
> 
> 10452 ?        Ssl    0:00 /usr/bin/rrdcached -s nagios -l
> unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock -j /var/lib/rrdcached/journal/ -F -b
> /var/lib/rrdcached/db/ -B -p /var/run/rrdcached.pid
> 
> In this case, the base directory is /var/lib/rrdcached/db
> 
> 2013-03-05 10:01:08 [14395] [0] RRDs::update
> /var/lib/pnp4nagios/perfdata/server/Kernel_pgmajfault.rrd 1362474068:0
> 2013-03-05 10:01:08 [14395] [0] RRDs::update ERROR rrdcached:
> Permission denied
> 
> When you try to update
> /var/lib/pnp4nagios/perfdata/server/Kernel_pgmajfault.rrd then you get
> permission denied, since this is not a relative path under the
> /var/lib/rrdcached/db base directory.
> 
> Try using '-b /var/lib/pnp4nagios/perfdata' and omit the -B
> 
> Also make sure the process calling the update has write permission to
> the socket.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> Steve Shipway
> University of Auckland ITS
> UNIX Systems Design Lead
> s.shipway at auckland.ac.nz
> Ph: +64 9 373 7599 ext 86487


Steve,

Thanks a lot. It resolved my problem.

-- 
Regards,

Aravind M D