Re: [Hampshire] camaserv issue [long post sorry]

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Author: Chris Dennis
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To: testermike, Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] camaserv issue [long post sorry]
Mike Burrows wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> still fussing with camserv. still can't get the app to start:
>
> testermike@marvin:~$ /etc/init.d/camserv start
> Starting camserv: camserv.
> testermike@marvin:~$ start-stop-daemon: Unable to set gid to 44
> (Operation not permitted)
>
> testermike@marvin:~$
>
> I have changed the ownership of video0 to testermike and group to video,
> same for /etc/init.d/camserv. but get the above error.
>
> any thoughts please?


My first thought is that scripts in /etc/init.d generally (always?) need
to be run as root.

cheers

Chris

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Chris Dennis                                  cgdennis@???
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