On Sun, 1 Feb 2026, Greg Wooledge wrote: > 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.
i've been called a lot of things but never sensible i think i'll give this a try > > 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. >
