[Pdns-users] pdns-recursor Permissions Error

[Otto Moerbeek]

On Tue, Jan 07, 2020 at 04:15:16PM +0100, Otto Moerbeek wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 07, 2020 at 05:00:08PM +0300, Sharone Bakara wrote:
> 
> > I get the same error as when I run it root.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > SB
> 
> Can you please make a new mail with the exact commands and the error
> messages? Your message seems to be misformatted.  It is confusing,
> since the error message seems to come from rec_control, but is below a
> snmpwalk command.
> 
> So exact commands and exact error messages, please.

and your recursor.conf plus how did you start the recursor is also important.

> 
> 	-Otto
> 
> > 
> > > On 7 Jan 2020, at 16:55, Remi Gacogne <remi.gacogne at powerdns.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > On 1/7/20 2:41 PM, Sharone wrote:
> > >> I apologize if this has been discussed before. I cannot seem to find a
> > >> solution that works at the moment. I am trying to have this server poll
> > >> data but I have the error below when I try to snmpwalk
> > >> 
> > >> * # sudo -u pdns rec_control version4.3.0-beta1.39.master.g0c1ebf7c*
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> *# snmpwalk -v2c -c public localhost
> > >> .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.1.3.2.4.1.2iso.3.6.1.4.1.8072.1.3.2.4.1.2.8.112.100.110.115.45.114.101.99.1
> > >> = STRING: "Fatal: Unable to generate local temporary file in directory
> > >> '/var/run/pdns-recursor': Permission denied"*
> > > 
> > > I'm not sure of what your SNMP setup is, but it looks like the user
> > > invoking rec_control does not have the rights to create a new file in
> > > /var/run/pdns-recursor. What happens if you invoke the rec_control
> > > command directly as the 'pdns' user?
> > > 
> > > Best regards,
> > > -- 
> > > Remi Gacogne
> > > PowerDNS.COM BV - https://www.powerdns.com/
> > > 
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