severity 511054 important thanks Ferenc Wagner wrote: > Michael Biebl <[email protected]> writes: > >> Ferenc Wagner wrote: >> >>> Michael Biebl <[email protected]> writes: >>> >>>> So, why is this a rsyslog bug now? >>> See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511054#67 >> And, what's the problem with that? /var/log also has root:root 755 >> permissions. > > But /var/log/news has 644. Not particularly useful for a directory. > And straight crazy for a default (which apparently it is in rsyslog). > The actual log files in it are fine, though. To make it absolutely > clear: /var/log/news is created by rsyslog, because there are log > files in it. So I consider parent directory creation in rsyslog > broken: either it should not happen automatically, or the created > directories should be root:root 755 (unless configured otherwise). >
Right you are. Thanks for the pointer. I completely missed the 644 permissions. I'll add a $DirCreateMode 0755 to rsyslog.conf Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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