Re: Cannot open logfile in unbound(8)

W dniu 31.08.2022 o 12:39, lucic71@ctrl-c.club pisze:
> Hi,
> What is the proper way to use a logfile in unbound(8)? I tried adding
> the following lines in /var/unbound/etc/unbound.conf:
> # $OpenBSD: unbound.conf,v 1.21 2020/10/28 11:35:58 sthen Exp $
>
> server:
> use-syslog: no
> logfile: log/unbound.log
>
> Then touched /var/unbound/log/unbound.log. However when starting unbound
> with rcctl no logs were written in unbound.log. To investigate the issue
> I started unbound in non-daemon mode and debug mode: unbound -d, there I
> saw the following info:
> unbound[33113:0] error: Could not open logfile log/unbound.log:
> Permission denied
>
> Does anyone know what might be the problem with this approach?
> Thanks!
>

What have you checked already? I'd start with:

- what are the permissions on /var/unbound/log/unbound.log?
- as what user is unbound running?
- can that user access this file?
- does unbound use unveil(2), and if so, is it configured to be able
to access this file?

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Łukasz Moskała