[Moabusers] Re: moab.key

[Justin Bronder]

crash moab # moab --version        
moab server version 5.1.0p5 (snap NA) (rev. 7371)
crash moab # ls -l /var/spool/moab/.moab.key 
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jun 22 12:32 /var/spool/moab/.moab.key
crash moab # moab
WARNING:  .moab.key exists but has invalid ownership/permissions
crash moab # killall moab
crash moab # chmod 400 /var/spool/moab/.moab.key 
crash moab # moab
jbronder at crash ~/moab $ showq
ERROR:  cannot open keyfile '/var/spool/moab/.moab.key' for reading:
Permission denied
ERROR:  cannot open keyfile '/var/spool/moab/.moab.key' for reading:
Permission denied
ERROR:    server rejected request - could not authenticate client using
.moab.key
ERROR:    communication error crash:42559 (remote server rejected request,
message 'no signature value specified')

Thanks,


On 05/07/07 10:03 -0600, Douglas Wightman wrote:
> There have been many enhancements (including error messages) added to
> using the .moab.key file.  What Moab version are you using and what is
> the error message when a normal user tries to run a client command?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - Douglas
> 
> On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 11:26 -0400, Justin Bronder wrote:
> > We're using the /var/spool/moab/.moab.key file to allow multiple submit hosts
> > to talk to the moab server.  However, I'm not sure of the permissions I
> > should have set on the file.
> > 
> > If I set it as 400, the moab starts up fine, but any normal users cannot use
> > any moab commands as they can't read the file.
> > 
> > If I set it as 444, then moab complains about invalid permissions on boot,
> > but users can use the moab commands.
> > 
> > Is there a better way to be doing this?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> 
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Justin Bronder

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