Re: Cannot start Redis - "Can't open the log file: Permission denied"

[Tim Lossen]

why don't you change the configuration so that the log file is created in some other (= writable) directory?


On 2012-11-28, at 08:20 , Ram wrote:

> I have installed Redis from the tar.gz and I followed the instructions in the "Installing Redis more properly" section of the Redis Quick Start guide (http://redis.io/topics/quickstart)
>
> But when I get to the final step of actually starting the Redis service, I get the following error
>
> $ /etc/init.d/redis_6379 start
> Starting Redis server...
>
> *** FATAL CONFIG FILE ERROR ***
> Reading the configuration file, at line 53
> >>> 'logfile /var/log/redis_6379.log'
> Can't open the log file: Permission denied
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> The file does not exist yet because it's a fresh install. I have tried creating the file but it gets created by root because I need sudo to create files in that location. The quick start guide does not seem to say anything about permissions for the log file so I am guessing this shouldn't be an issue.
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[Vivek Chaure]

sudo /etc/init.d/redis_6379 start

regards,
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Vivek M. Chaure

[Ram]

Thanks guys, it worked when I changed permissions on the log file but I think next time I would probably try running it using sudo

[Muhammad Taqi Hassan Bukhari]

it starts with sudo /etc/init.d/redis_6379 start, but on reboot, the issue is same, i have to do it manually each time on reboot.