[rabbitmq-discuss] rabbitmqctl script complaints

Thu Nov 18 16:30:19 GMT 2010

On 18/11/10 16:23, Aaron Westendorf wrote:
> It's been awhile since I tried to run the debian package release
> builds of rabbitmq.  In setting up my new workstation, I opted for
> this route rather than source to see how I fared.
>
> It was smooth except for this bit in /usr/sbin/rabbitmqctl:

<snip>

The /usr/sbin/rabbitmqctl which ships with the RPM / Debian packages is 
only a wrapper, there to enforce the root requirement and su to the 
rabbitmq user for people who've installed RabbitMQ the normal way and 
don't want to care about Erlang cookies.

If you Know What You Are Doing and want to sidestep all that, the 
unwrapped rabbitmqctl script can be found at 
/usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmqctl instead.

Cheers, Simon
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Simon MacMullen
Staff Engineer, RabbitMQ
SpringSource, a division of VMware