[cobalt-users] Re: ssl_mutex problem SOLUTION

[Glenn Parsons <gparsons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:41 PM 2/12/02 -0500, you wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I've been through the archives and found two articles that reference this 
> problem. Neither helpful. The original poster didn't understand his 
> problem or what caused it, therefore no one was able to help him. I know 
> what I did! It wasn't good!
>
> The main problem is in Apache:
>
> [Tue Feb 12 13:05:38 2002] [error] System: Permission denied (errno: 13)
> [Tue Feb 12 13:05:38 2002] [error] mod_ssl: Child could not open SSLMutex 
> lockfi
> le /var/log/httpd/ssl_mutex.27168 (System error follows)
> [Tue Feb 12 13:05:38 2002] [error] System: Permission denied (errno: 13)
> [Tue Feb 12 13:05:40 2002] [error] mod_ssl: Child could not open SSLMutex 
> lockfi
> le /var/log/httpd/ssl_mutex.27168 (System error follows)
> [Tue Feb 12 13:05:40 2002] [error] System: Permission denied (errno: 13)
>
> If you notice the frequency at which this is spinning off.. you understand 
> the urgency to fix this!
>
> This was caused in part by my discovery yesterday that the /var partition 
> was completely full yesterday. I copied the files 'cp -dRp  /var/log/ 
> /home'    and created a symbolic link in the /var dir. so my log directory 
> was /hom/var/log. So far so good.
>
> Something in /etc/cron.daily/  kicked the mess off this morning at 04:06. 
> Cron.daily starts at 04:02.
>
> I've got other RaQs in-house working. I have a working file system to 
> compare to. This machine is a RaQ4r, BTW.
>
> Thanks,
> Glenn

Hello (Cobalt) World,

Following examples of other to have a good clear Subject line so this thing 
is searchable in the archives, here's the solution:

The ssl_mutex complaint in the Apache error log appears when 
ownership/permission issues turn up with the /var/log/httpd directory and 
all branches above and below this directory structure.

When I had copied my /var/log directory to /home/var, I had failed to set 
the /home/var directory to chmod 755. It was at 744. The httpd owner of 
Apache was not able to change into that directory, but somehow was able to 
write the ssl_mutex.xxx file in my log directory.

Obviously the problem didn't begin to show until cron.daily kicked-off 
logrotate at 04:02 this morning.

I hope future problem solvers find this solution helpful.

Thanks Again one and All!
Glenn