From: Rik F. <fa...@di...> - 2001-08-04 10:18:56
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On Sun 5 Aug 2001 02:16:57 +1200, Aisha Fenton <ais...@ma...> wrote: > I am having some problems with running the dictd server. > > I have downloaded the source for dictd 1.5.5 from the website and > compiled and installed dictd fine. > > The problem is that when I run dictd, nothing happens. I don't get any > error > messages or anything. But I when I look in my processes I don't see any > "dictd". > > When I use "dictd -t blah" it says > > >dictd (lst_iterate_arg): Internal error > > list is null This means there are no databases, perhaps because it can't find the dictd.conf file, or because it can't read the database files. > >Aborting dictd... > >Aborted > > I think I have set the the conf file fine? I have > > >access {allow *} > >database jargon { data "/usr/share/dict/dict-dbs/jargon.dict.dz" > >index "/usr/share/dict/dict-dbs/jargon.index" } > > I have the Jargon file mentioned above, in the right place. > And I have been running the server as root. The server gives up root. Are the files readable by a non-root user? |