[rabbitmq-discuss] rabbitmqctl script still broken in Ubuntu package

Tue Mar 27 14:24:31 BST 2012

Perhaps, but Erlang already has a mechanism (a PITA one at that) for
authorizing clustered nodes. In my development environment it's quite
annoying to run sudo, and the default install will require sudo to
access the cookie anyway. It's a minor complaint, but between Erlang
and Unix, the permissions are already enforced without the extra step
of having to hack this script. In my experience, it's best not to work
outside the permissions system of the host OS.

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Emile Joubert <emile at rabbitmq.com> wrote:
> Hi Aaron,
>
> On 26/03/12 15:53, Aaron Westendorf wrote:
>> I just installed the 2.8.1 package, having used 2.2 from source on my
>> workstation for some time now, and found that the rabbitmqctl script
>> is still broken. Specifically, it requires running as rabbitmq or root
>> user, even though I've copied the erlang cookie to the correct path.
>> I've run into this problem before and noted it on the mailing list but
>> can't find a place to submit a formal bug.
>
> I see this goes back to a thread with subject "rabbitmqctl script
> complaints" in Nov 2010:
> http://lists.rabbitmq.com/pipermail/rabbitmq-discuss/2010-November/009978.html
>
> Some of the exploration around the issue was done on branch bug23522:
> http://hg.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-server/rev/7bea5ad84fb5
>
> In the end we decided that only rabbitmq or root should run privileged
> commands. "sudo" is a more appropriate mechanism for allowing other
> users to execute privileged tasks.
>
>
> -Emile
>

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