gentoo install of zoneminder problems...

[gopher]

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/etc/init.d/zoneminder start
 * Starting zoneminder ...
Can't open log file '/var/log/zoneminder/zmdc.log': Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/ZoneMinder/Debug.pm line 279.
Can't connect: No such file or directory at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/ZoneMinder/Debug.pm line 349
        ZoneMinder::Debug::Fatal('Can\'t connect: No such file or directory') called at /usr/bin/zmdc.pl line 167                                                 

here is the permissions of that log file...

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gentoo zoneminder # ls -la
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root   104 Mar 13 23:18 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 root   root   336 Mar 13 00:44 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root     0 Mar 13 22:35 zmdc.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 999 Mar 13 23:15 zmpkg.log
gentoo zoneminder #

      

do i need to change the permissions of the log file? if so what to?

[cordel]

Should be the same user as apache is running.

[Diviner]

Try this:

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chown -R  apache:apache /var/run/zm