Permission denied starting Redis even with sudo

[Arthur Zeyda]

This might be a really basic thing that I'm missing but I'm getting a permission error when starting Redis using the command "sudo service redis_6379 start". The exact error message that I am getting is "/etc/init.d/redis_6379: 33: /etc/init.d/redis_6379: /usr/local/bin: Permission denied". These are the permissions on redis-server:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 sysadmin root 4236196 Dec 18 15:26 /usr/local/bin/redis-server

Any help would be appreciated.

[Josiah Carlson]

Open /etc/init.d/redis_6379 . Look at line 33. What does it say?

 - Josiah

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[Arthur Zeyda]

$EXEC $CONF. Guessing it doesn't have access to the config file? I checked and the config file should have full access.

[Josiah Carlson]

What are the permissions on /usr/local/bin? And what are the contents of $EXEC and $CONF (you can find them earlier in redis_6379)?

 - Josiah

[Arthur Zeyda]

Permissions on /usr/local/bin are "drwxr-xr-x  2 sysadmin root 4096 Dec 18 15:26 bin".  $EXEC is "EXEC=/usr/local/bin" is $CONF is "CONF="/etc/redis/6379.conf".

[Josiah Carlson]

Right now it's trying to execute a directory entry, not the Redis server binary.

The definition for $EXEC should read:

EXEC=/usr/local/bin/redis-server

 - Josiah

[Arthur Zeyda]

Ha! Wow that was beyond dumb. Thanks for putting up with me. The config asked for the executable path and I figured it was the directory not the actual executable.

[Josiah Carlson]

Not all lessons are complicated.

 - Josiah