Re: Problem using fam in linux redhat (monitor.c)

[Dirk Habighorst <ml-linux-fam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Wardle wrote:
> Hi Martin
>
> On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 06:35, Martin Wickman wrote:
>
> > I have been trying to get fam to work with the monitor.c program from 
> > the tutorial. monitor.c compiles just fine (I had to change 
> > FAMCONNECTION_GETfd to FAMCONNECTION_GETFD -- typo?).
> > My problem:
> >
> > I get 'permission denied' if running as a normal user, or 'address 
> > already in use' if running as root.
>
> [...]
>
>
> > $ ./monitor monitor.c
> > FAMMonitor failed: Permission denied
> > Nothing monitored.
> >
> > As root
> >
> > # ./monitor monitor.c
> > FAMMonitor failed: Address already in use
> > Nothing monitored.
> >
> > ls -l /tmp/.fam_socket
> > srwx------    1 root     nobody          0 Oct 17 22:30 /tmp/.fam_socket
>
> Most of your output (including what looks like RPC errors) matches my
> output, yet monitor.c from the Using FAM section of the IRIX Desktop
> Integration Guide (I assume this is the tutorial you are referring to)
> works for me.  (I assume your "fam -C -d" output and your "strace
> ./monitor" output were from different attempts, because the socket file
> name (e.g. /tmp/.famXYZabc) should match.)
>
> The only way I was able to reproduce your output was when the file I was
> trying to monitor (such as monitor.c in "./monitor monitor.c") had no
> read permissions.  Have you tried monitoring other files or changing the
> permissions on the file you are monitoring?
I do get the same error Martin gets when using relative pathnames. The 
IRIX Desktop Integration Guide mentions not to use relative pathnames. 
Now I am wondering how you succeeded with it.
> What happens when monitor is executed as root does look like a bug at
> this point, but I've not looked into it yet.
>
> Thanks
ciao dirk
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