strange Mongrel 500 error

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Hi,

When I start mongrel as a non root user, I will get an 500. In my log/production.log I see this:

file /home/paul/rails/Test/releases/20071115232111/tmp/sessions// ruby_sess.9a975fe464a2f6ba not readable ...

when I start mongrel as root everything works fine.

Can anyone imagine whats up there?

Thanks in advance, Paul

PS: is it a bad idea to run mongrel as root? (security etc.)

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Yes - you are completely right! Problem solved - Thank you very much!

Best Regards, Paul