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Offline unit1

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Error writing PID file
« on: November 27, 2007, 09:55:22 am »
Hello, this is my problem: when i starting Soldat server on remote server i get error telling "Error writing PID file" but server is starting. When i write to console "ps aux", in "user" column i see that this server is running on user called "1000"!!! Other my servers runs on root user. I wrote some scrtipts and they were runnig without any problems on my Windows and Ubuntu, but they dont work on remote server. I didn't know whats a problem and i think i finally found it. Its this error telling "Error writing PID file" i think. Please help, why i get this error?
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Re: Error writing PID file
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2007, 09:57:56 am »
Permissions problems maybe?
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Re: Error writing PID file
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2007, 10:03:19 am »
Haha i was changing permissions but i never looked at owner. I change the owner on root and it works fine. I'm sorry i should do this after i wrote this topic.
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Re: Error writing PID file
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2007, 11:26:24 am »
It's recommended to avoid running applications as root. If anyone found a way to exploit it, then you'd be in the worst possible scenario. You should run the server without problems from a normal user account (as long as the perms are correct).
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