directory permission error shouldn't be an exception
[Moved from bugzilla] Reporter: peter@palfrader.org (Peter Palfrader)
Description: Opened: 2003-10-27 21:07
directory permission error shouldn't be an exception, but rather a nice error message.
latest cvs
weasel@valiant:~/mixminion/bin$ ./mixminion server-start -f ../etc/
mixminiond.conf
Mixminion version 0.0.6alpha1
This software is for testing purposes only. Anonymity is not guaranteed.
Reading configuration from ../etc/mixminiond.conf
Oct 27 21:06:27.937 [WARN] Mode specification is not yet supported.
Oct 27 21:06:27.938 [WARN] Dangerously low MixInterval
Oct 27 21:06:27.944 [DEBUG] Configuring server
Oct 27 21:06:27.946 [INFO] Enabling statistics logging
Oct 27 21:06:27.958 [FATAL]
Oct 27 21:06:27.974 [FATAL] Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/weasel/mixminion/lib/python2.3/site-packages/mixminion/server/
ServerMain.py", line 1078, in runServer
EventStats.configureLog(config)
File "/home/weasel/mixminion/lib/python2.3/site-packages/mixminion/server/
EventStats.py", line 312, in configureLog
log = EventLog(
File "/home/weasel/mixminion/lib/python2.3/site-packages/mixminion/server/
EventStats.py", line 166, in init
createPrivateDir(parent)
File "/home/weasel/mixminion/lib/python2.3/site-packages/mixminion/
Common.py", line 431, in createPrivateDir
checkPrivateDir(d)
File "/home/weasel/mixminion/lib/python2.3/site-packages/mixminion/
Common.py", line 484, in checkPrivateDir
raise MixFilePermissionError(
MixFilePermissionError: Bad permissions (mode 777) on directory /home/
weasel/mixminion
------- Additional Comments From Nick Mathewson 2003-11-07 08:35 -------
Fixed in 0.0.6 CVS
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