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Version: v37

Permission errors when accessing PrivX audit folders

Symptoms​

PrivX malfunctions and you see permission errors like follow or similar in logs regarding auditor trail folder
RDP-PROXY [FATAL] Failed to create dir /var/privx/audit/: mkdir /var/privx/audit/: permission denied

Root Cause​

PrivX audit folder (default /var/privx/audit) has incorrect permissions or the folder cannot be created due to incorrect parent folder permissions

Solution​

Make sure the audit folder can be created and run following command to correct the permissions

# chmod 755 /var/privx/audit
# chown privx:privx /var/privx/audit