On Sun, Feb 01, 2026 at 17:15:03 +0000, [email protected] wrote: > i my xinetd service config, my_service, i have > > user = bbob > log_type = FILE /tmp/my_service.log > > xinetd creates a new empty file owned by root > so application being run as bbob can't write to log file
I looked at the xinetd.conf man page online, and it doesn't give any options for owner/group/permissions of the log file. It just says it'll be created if it doesn't exist. I believe the understanding is that you'll create the file yourself, and give it the right owner/group/permissions, since that's a one-time operation. Therefore, it doesn't need to be configurable within the xinetd.conf, because nobody ever uses that feature. In your case, I would recommend moving the log file out of /tmp and into a permanent location, and creating it in advance with the proper owner, group and permissions. That's the sensible way. If you insist on being not sensible, then perhaps you could configure your system to create this file in /tmp every time you boot, either using systemd-tmpfiles(8) or an /etc/rc.local script or something along those lines. This would not be my choice. A log file shouldn't be in /tmp.
