I got this error message.

[16221Derf]

I installed zdesktop on Fedora core7 and that went fine. But starting zimbra gave me this error...





[root@softwareworkstation1 init.d]# ./zdesktop start

Starting zdesktop

[root@softwareworkstation1 init.d]# nohup: appending output to `nohup.out'
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1 [main] INFO org.mortbay.log - Logging to org.slf4j.impl.SimpleLogger(org.mortbay.log) via org.mortbay.log.Slf4jLog

597 [main] INFO org.mortbay.log - Started SelectChannelConnector @ localhost:7633

600 [main] INFO org.mortbay.log - Started SelectChannelConnector @ localhost:7634

600 [main] INFO org.mortbay.log - jetty-6.1.2rc1

1581 [main] INFO org.mortbay.log - No Transaction manager found - if your webapp requires one, please configure one.

log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (zimbra.misc).

log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.

Zimbra server process is running as root, changing to user=zimbra uid=-1 gid=-1

Zimbra server process, after change, is running with uid=-1 euid=-1 gid=-1 egid=-1

ZoneInfo: /root/zimbra/zdesktop/jre/lib/zi/ZoneInfoMappings (Permission denied)

1 [main] INFO org.mortbay.log - Logging to org.slf4j.impl.SimpleLogger(org.mortbay.log) via org.mortbay.log.Slf4jLog

328 [main] INFO org.mortbay.log - Started SelectChannelConnector @ localhost:7633

331 [main] INFO org.mortbay.log - Started SelectChannelConnector @ localhost:7634

332 [main] INFO org.mortbay.log - jetty-6.1.2rc1

582 [main] INFO org.mortbay.log - No Transaction manager found - if your webapp requires one, please configure one.

log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (zimbra.misc).

log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.

Zimbra server process is running as root, changing to user=zimbra uid=-1 gid=-1

Zimbra server process, after change, is running with uid=-1 euid=-1 gid=-1 egid=-1

ZoneInfo: /root/zimbra/zdesktop/jre/lib/zi/ZoneInfoMappings (Permission denied)
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What im i doing wrong

[jholder]

I just realized my other post may be have been wrong. Why is the UID -1?
That may be a problem on our end.
Also, the zimbra user may not have access to /root

[16221Derf]

Yea could be my bad for installing under root. Ill reinstall and give an update on that.

Thanks for the tip.

[16221Derf]

Hey,

No luck, I reinstalled zdesktop (under a different directory) and its still not starting up.

Same error message
Any ideas?

[jholder]

I think it might be related to this:



Zimbra server process is running as root, changing to user=zimbra uid=-1 gid=-1

Zimbra server process, after change, is running with uid=-1 euid=-1 gid=-1 egid=-1
File a bug on that.

[16221Derf]

Will do

thanks for the help

[jjzhuang]

Are you running as root? It can't be run as root. We'll make it more friendly but running as root is always bad. Thanks!

[16221Derf]

I cant start the zdesktop server without being root because i don't have sufficient rights as a regular user. So I have to run it as root. Is there a way i can start the zdesktop server without changing my user settings?

[jjzhuang]

We have a check to make sure the server is not running as root. This is a security measure. It's definitely a good idea to run any application not as root, especially with something complex like zdesktop. Thanks!

[16221Derf]

Zimbra server process is running as uid=0 euid=0 gid=0 egid=0

Fatal error: terminating: can not start server with uid of 0


How can I change the uid?