I need urgent help: innd won't start anymore

[Michael Stassen]

On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Andre Krajnik wrote:

> 
> Hi!
> 
> I'm running innd 2.2.3-1 with Mandrake Linux 7.1.
> 
> innd had run for a long time, but after a crash it won't do so anymore.
> 
> [root at server1 ppp]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/innd start
> Starting INND system:                                      [  OK  ]
> You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
> [root at server1 ppp]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/innd status
> innd dead but subsys locked
> [root at server1 ppp]#
> 
> 
> this arethe logs from /var/log/news:
> 
> ./news.crit
> Feb 16 11:49:00 server1 inndstart: inndstart cant bind Keine
> Berechtigung
> Feb 16 11:49:00 server1 inndstart: inndstart cant bind Keine
> Berechtigung
> 
> ./news.err
> Feb 16 11:49:00 server1 inndstart: inndstart cant setgroups Die
> Operation ist nicht erlaubt
> Feb 16 11:49:00 server1 inndstart: inndstart cant setgroups Die
> Operation ist nicht erlaubt
> 
> ./news.notice
> Feb 16 11:49:00 server1 inndstart: inndstart cant setgroups Die
> Operation ist nicht erlaubt
> Feb 16 11:49:00 server1 inndstart: inndstart cant bind Keine
> Berechtigung
> Feb 16 11:49:00 server1 actived[6684]: started
> 
> /var/log/syslog
> Feb 16 11:49:00 server1 inndstart: Reading config from
> /etc/news/inn.conf
> Feb 16 11:49:00 server1 inndstart: inndstart cant setgroups Die
> Operation ist nicht erlaubt
> Feb 16 11:49:00 server1 actived[6682]: Reading config from
> /etc/news/inn.conf
> Feb 16 11:49:00 server1 inndstart: inndstart cant bind Keine
> Berechtigung
> 
> 
> "Keine Berechtigung" means "No Permission"
> "Die Operation ist nicht erlaubt" means "The Operation is not allowed"
> 
> I tried to set the permissions again with 
>    rpm --setperms inn
>    rpm --setugids inn
>    chmod -R 644 /var/spool/news
>    chmod 4750 /usr/bin/inndstart       (taken from FAQ)
>    chown root:news /usr/bin/inndstart  (taken from FAQ)
> 
> I also tried to uninstall an install it again from scratch. But I had no
> success.
> 
> I don't know what to do to make innd running again and I also couldn't
> find any hint in the FAQ. 
> 
> -- 
> mfg
> 
> Andre
> 

Despite the chmod/chown steps you took, it looks to me like inndstart is
not running suid root.  Can you confirm that:

1) innd, inndstart, innconfval, etc. are in /usr/bin?
2) `innconfval pathbin` yields /usr/bin?
3) `ls -l /usr/bin/inndstart` yields 

   -r-sr-x--- 1 root  news  36352  Aug 20 2000 /usr/bin/inndstart
   ^^^^^^^^^^   ^^^^  ^^^^

  for the underlined (^) parts?

If the executables aren't in /usr/bin, substitute where they actually live
for /usr/bin in 2 and 3.

Michael Stassen
Support Center
University Information Technology Services
Indiana University Bloomington
stassenm at indiana.edu