cant open conf file

zahid · 08-09-2012, 02:37 AM

I am unable to open a file extension .conf . Created with the command 'vim' postfixadmin.conf and save the content.

tommcd · 08-09-2012, 03:12 AM

Did you create this file as root?
What are the permissions on this file?
Post the output of:

Code:

ls -l /path/to/postfixadmin.conf

where /path/to/ is the path to where the file is stored on your system.

It may be that the file is only readable by the root user. Can you open the file from a root terminal? Become root and run vim postfixadmin.conf in the directory where postfixadmin.conf resides, or use nano postfixadmin.conf as root and see if you can open it.

Are you able to open any other files with the extension .conf, either as root or as a regular user?

kauuttt · 08-09-2012, 04:34 AM

I think permission problem. Please post the output of:

ls -l <file_name>
ls -l <directory_where_the_file_resides>
whoami

devUnix · 08-09-2012, 04:41 AM

Post the location of your file and also the output of these commands:

Code:

ls -l yourFile.conf

whoami

as pointed out by the two guys above.

Remember that you need to be the owner of a file that you want to open or you must be a member of the group that the file belongs to. Otherwise, the third group called "others" should be given at least read permission to see the contents of the file.

Code:

chmod 666 fileName

would give read/write permissions to everybody. You can become the root by issuing the following command:

Code:

su -

or

Code:

su - root

and then provide the password.

zahid · 08-09-2012, 06:29 AM

Got the message :

While opening with gedit command, it says "Could not open the file "/home/zahid/Desktop/postfixadmin.conf."

gedit has not been able to detect the character coding.
Please check that you are not trying to open a binary file.
Select a character coding from the menu and try again.

Showing option for character coding, retry and cancel button.

tommcd · 08-10-2012, 01:51 AM

As everyone who has replied to your thread has said, we need to see the permissions for your problematic file.
Can you please post the output of:

Code:

ls -l yourFile.conf

and:

Code:

whoami

zahid · 08-10-2012, 03:13 AM

Applying command ls l

[root@localhost Desktop]# ls l /home/zahid/Desktop/postfixadmin.conf
ls: cannot access l: No such file or directory
/home/zahid/Desktop/postfixadmin.conf

infact no .conf file is opening with gedit also.

Wim Sturkenboom · 08-10-2012, 04:35 AM

You forgot the minus

zahid · 08-12-2012, 04:54 AM

I am configuring httpd for postfixadmin as SU.

Here is the reply from command

[root@localhost Desktop]# service httpd restart
Stopping httpd: [FAILED]
Starting httpd: httpd: Syntax error on line 221 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Could not open configuration file /etc/httpd/conf.d/postfixadmin.conf: Permission denied
[FAILED]
[root@localhost Desktop]#

Wim Sturkenboom · 08-12-2012, 10:12 AM

So what is the output of

Code:

ls -l /etc/httpd/conf.d/postfixadmin.conf

zahid · 08-13-2012, 12:22 AM

Here is the output of the command ls -l

[root@localhost Desktop]# ls -l /etc/httpd/conf.d/postfixadmin.conf
-rw-r--r--. 1 root users 271 Aug 12 14:42 /etc/httpd/conf.d/postfixadmin.conf
[root@localhost Desktop]#

Wim Sturkenboom · 08-13-2012, 01:09 AM

Apache should be able to read it. Can you compare it to another file in /etc/httpd/conf.d/ and set the permissions the same as that 'other' file (if necessary).