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Re: How to run 'vnstat' as user?

From Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: How to run 'vnstat' as user?
Date 2015-10-20 12:50 +0200
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<tomas@tuxteam.de> writes:

> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 06:09:41PM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>> <tomas@tuxteam.de> writes:
>> 
>> > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 03:09:29PM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>> >> I'm having great difficulty in getting vnstat to run as user, like I had
>> >> on my previous i386 computer [...]
>
>> > Hmm. Trying to understand: you are trying to run vmstat from cron?
>> > Does it work when you run it from the command linee?
>> >
>> 
>> No, I only store the "eth0" in a subdirectory of my cron directory. I am
>> trying to start it as user on the command-line.
>
> Still confused here. What's the content of this "eth0" file?
>
Its a binary file produced by running "vnstat -u -i eth0" and is the
'database' for vnstat, containing all the historical info that can be
outputted when you run the command "vnstat".

Sharon.
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How to run 'vnstat' as user? Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> - 2015-10-19 16:20 +0200
  Re: How to run 'vnstat' as user? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-10-19 18:50 +0200
    Re: How to run 'vnstat' as user? Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> - 2015-10-19 19:20 +0200
      Re: How to run 'vnstat' as user? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-10-19 22:40 +0200
        Re: How to run 'vnstat' as user? Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> - 2015-10-20 12:50 +0200
          Re: How to run 'vnstat' as user? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-10-20 15:00 +0200
            Re: How to run 'vnstat' as user? tomas@tuxteam.de - 2015-10-21 18:30 +0200
              Solved [was Re: How to run 'vnstat' as user?] Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> - 2015-10-23 19:30 +0200

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