Howdy, Log4j doesn't (and can't, even if it wanted to) set umask for the user.
What I would is write a little unix script to invoke your application, but before invoking it do umask -S to verify the umask settings. The 02 your sysadmin set up is good. Since you're logging in as user tomcat, I assume you're running tomcat. Tomcat also doesn't (and cat) set umask for the user. I just checked, by the way, and I have the same behavior as you ;) Solaris 9, JDK 1.4.2, umask 02, log4j 1.2.8 on tomcat 4.1.27, and the log file is created as -rw-r--r--. Strange, I don't have an answer. Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Scott Burns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 11:40 AM >To: Log4J Users List >Subject: RE: log file permissions issue unix > >Yoav, thanks for reply. Any thoughts on this comment? > >Scott > > >Yes, umasks would normally be where to look. However, I have made >efforts to standardize umasks on all of our servers to open group >permissions. For example, if you log in on 02 as tomcat, you'll see your >umask is: > >> umask -S >u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rx > >Same for all other accounts. > >I have also set the system default for all user accounts that way. > >So, unless the program or script explicitly sets a umask without group >write, all files created would have group write permissions. > >That's why I asked about log4j. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Shapira, Yoav [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:12 AM >To: Log4J Users List >Subject: RE: log file permissions issue unix > > >Howdy, >Not a log4j issue: this is controlled by the umask setting for the user >running the JVM. > >Yoav Shapira >Millennium ChemInformatics > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Scott Burns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:10 AM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: log file permissions issue unix >> >>How can I configure log4j to set the permissions for a new file? When >a >>new log file is created it does so without group write permissions. >>(-rw-r-r- instead of -rw-rw-r-). This causes a problem for the log >files >>shared between multiple account processes. Any suggestions on how to >do >>this? I am offsite and do not have my manual with me. Thanks in >>advance >> >> >> >> >> >>Scott >> >> >> >>-rw-r--r-- 1 bfapp webadm 1379 Oct 22 23:31 wrapper.log >> >> >> >> > > > > >This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business >communication, and may contain information that is confidential, >proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the >individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, >printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) >intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your >computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
