Re: [chrony-users] chronyc serverstats => 501 not autorized

[Gerd Hoerst <gerd@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi !

-u USER Specify user (root)
chronyc -u root serverstats also "501 not authorised"
(sholdnt it be written authorized ??? )

Ciao Gerd

Am 18.11.2025 14:49, schrieb Miroslav Lichvar:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 02:44:17PM +0100, Gerd Hoerst wrote:
> > Its v 4.8
>
> In 4.8 chronyc can drop root privileges automatically. What does
> "chronyc --help | grep user" print?
>
> Does chronyc -u root serverstats work?
>
> > /var/run/chrony/chronyd.sock exists
> > its owned by user:group _chrony:chrony and has mode 755
> > (dir /var/run/chrony same owner:group but mode 700)
> > calling chronyc strace ends in:
> > Could not bind/connect client to unix socket
>
> Is there a specific error like permission denied?

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