Icecast Streaming Media Server

[Anonymous]

when i try starting icecast as root user in suse linux. first i cd into the linux:~ # cd /usr/local/etc and try starting with the command linux:/usr/local/etc # icecast -c icecast.xml
i get an error:ERROR: You should not run icecast2 as root
Use the changeowner directive in the config file

if i try:
linux:/usr/local/etc # ./icecast.xml
i get the error:
bash: ./icecast.xml: Permission denied

then i try:
linux:/usr/local/etc # su icecast
icecast@linux:/usr/local/etc> icecast -c icecast.xml
and i get the error:
FATAL: could not open error logging (/usr/local/var/log/icecast/error.
log): Perm ission denied
FATAL: could not open access logging
(/usr/local/var/log/icecast/access.log): Pe rmission denied
FATAL: Could not start logging
icecast@linux:/usr/local/etc> icecast -c icecast.xml

can anyone help solve this problem?

[karlH]

you either start as root and use changeowner or start as the icecast user. If you start as the icecast user then make sure you have write access to the log directory. If the user 'icecast' trys to write to a directory it doesn't have access to then the permission denied error occurs.

karl.