cant dbzinit [...]/db/history Numerical argument out of domain, again

[gabriel rosenkoetter]

ARGH!!!

General lesson: pay attention when programs want to be a specific
user.

Specific lesson:

grappa:news/db# ls -l history*
-rw-rw-r--  1 root  news   0 Jun 20 22:28 history
-rw-r--r--  1 root  news  41 Jun 20 22:28 history.dir
-rw-r--r--  1 root  news   0 Jun 20 22:28 history.hash
-rw-r--r--  1 root  news   0 Jun 20 22:28 history.index
grappa:news/db# chown news:news history*
grappa:news/db# ls -l
-rw-rw-r--  1 news  news     0 Jun 20 22:28 history
-rw-r--r--  1 news  news    41 Jun 20 22:28 history.dir
-rw-r--r--  1 news  news     0 Jun 20 22:28 history.hash
-rw-r--r--  1 news  news     0 Jun 20 22:28 history.index
grappa:news/db# /usr/pkg/etc/rc.d/innd start
Starting innd.
Scheduled start of /usr/pkg/inn/bin/innwatch.

... over in /var/log/messages:

Jun 20 22:29:42 grappa innd: SERVER descriptors 1772
Jun 20 22:29:42 grappa innd: SERVER outgoing 1759
Jun 20 22:29:42 grappa innd: SERVER cant dbzinit /var/news/db/history Numerical 
argument out of domain
Jun 21 00:43:35 grappa innd: SERVER descriptors 1772
Jun 21 00:43:35 grappa innd: SERVER outgoing 1759
Jun 21 00:43:35 grappa innd: SERVER ccsetup control:13
Jun 21 00:43:35 grappa innd: SERVER lcsetup localconn:15
Jun 21 00:43:35 grappa innd: SERVER rcsetup remconn:5
Jun 21 00:43:35 grappa innd: SERVER rcsetup remconn:4
Jun 21 00:43:35 grappa innd: uriel opened uriel:17:file
Jun 21 00:43:36 grappa innd: SERVER perl filtering enabled
Jun 21 00:43:36 grappa innd: SERVER starting
Jun 21 00:44:36 grappa innd: s

::sigh::

Sorry to have troubled you all...

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