Your message dated Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:24:39 +0200 with message-id <caaz6_fczkqjc5itm0wytkfjcifvhpgvgj-70cmnpdag2my-...@mail.gmail.com> and subject line Close: /var/log/apt/term.log is mode 0600 has caused the Debian Bug report #525074, regarding /var/log/apt/term.log is mode 0600 to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: apt Version: 0.7.21 Severity: minor Tags: patch /var/log/apt is a new feature of APT in Lenny; I'm glad to see it, and I'm sure lots of other people would be grateful too if there was any mention of it in the documentation or changelog! Unlike /var/log/dpkg.log (which is readable for the adm group) or /var/log/aptitude (which is simply world-readable), and even unlike the /var/log/apt directory itself (mode 0755), the term.log files created within it are accessible only to the superuser. Now, I'm no programmer, but a grep through the sources shows me a line in apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc that goes: chmod(logfile_name.c_str(), 0600); Now, I have no idea why this line is present, but changing it to 0644, rebuilding, crossing my fingers, and installing fixes my bug. Of course, even if you agree that 0600 is wrong you might prefer to make it come out as "root:adm 0640", but that would be beyond my trivial patching abilities. -- JBR Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing)--- ../apt-0.7.21/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc 2009-04-14 13:20:29.000000000 +0100 +++ apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc 2009-04-21 21:31:35.000000000 +0100 @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ if (!logfile_name.empty()) { term_out = fopen(logfile_name.c_str(),"a"); - chmod(logfile_name.c_str(), 0600); + chmod(logfile_name.c_str(), 0644); // output current time char outstr[200]; time_t t = time(NULL);
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--- Begin Message ---Version: 0.8.15 [ Kenneth Solbø Andersen ] * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc: - set permissions of term.log to root.adm and 644 (LP: #404724) And: $ ls -l /var/log/apt/term.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 3070980 12. Sep 09:40 /var/log/apt/term.log Looks like it is being fixed in newer versions. I am therefore closing this bug now. Feel free to reopen it if you disagree of course! Best regards David Kalnischkies
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