>>>>>>> I think I need to tell munin where my postfix logs are >>>>>>> (/var/log/mail/current) since I use metalog. How can I do that? >>>> >>>> Instead of searching online, use the built-in pod based format, e.g.: >>>> >>>> $ munindoc postfix_mailstats >>> >>> You just improved my life. >>> >>>> You might also need to set group permissions to be able to read the log >>>> file. >>> >>> I have this on /var/log/mail/: >>> >>> drwx------ 2 root root >>> >>> Since Gentoo set it up this way, I wonder if changing it would open a >>> hole. What do you think? >>> >>> - Grant >> >> Actually, it seems to be working with permissions as-is. How can that >> be since apache runs as apache:apache? > > The webinterface (running as apache:apache) does not collect the data, > the munin-node daemon does that. Probably the data collection is > configured to run as root (at least for the postfix plugin). > > Again, read the docs ;) You seem to have missed (a part of) the basic > understanding of how munin works...
I knew that. I just didn't think it through. :) Thanks for your help! - Grant
