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help multilog: fatal

Glenn Tm Pettit

help multilog: fatal
« on: January 18, 2003, 01:03:45 AM »
multilog: fatal: unable to lock directory /var/log/qmail: access denied...

I keep getting this message... i had to the computer and when i booted it up this was the massage i was getting and the systems MYSql will not start either...

Charlie Brady

Re: help multilog: fatal
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2003, 09:43:37 PM »
Glenn Tm Pettit wrote:
>
> multilog: fatal: unable to lock directory /var/log/qmail:
> access denied...
>
> I keep getting this message... i had to the computer and when
> i booted it up this was the massage i was getting and the
> systems MYSql will not start either...

You or someone else has changed ownership of /var/log/qmail or changed the uid that multilog is running as, as set in /service/qmail/log/run.

Charlie

Glenn Tm Pettit

Re: help multilog: fatal
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2003, 07:21:49 AM »
thank you ... that worked