Hello,
Default $WorkDirectory /var/spool/rsyslog sould be chown to syslog:syslog in
postinst.
As rsyslog drop privileges on startup by default on Ubuntu, the root:root
default for /var/spool/rsyslog is useless.
Take me a lots of hours to figure it because rsyslog does not error out
or warn in
** Changed in: rsyslog (Debian)
Status: New => Fix Released
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** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/rsyslog
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** Changed in: rsyslog (Ubuntu Precise)
Status: Triaged => In Progress
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This bug was fixed in the package rsyslog - 5.8.6-1ubuntu7
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rsyslog (5.8.6-1ubuntu7) precise; urgency=low
* debian/rsyslog.conf: set $WorkDirectory to /var/spool/rsyslog, which is
the example location in documentation. When not configured it defaults to
'/', which is unde
** Branch linked: lp:debian/rsyslog
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Unmilestoning. I want to wait on Debian but don't want this to block
anything on 12.04. I had hoped Debian would've responded by now, but oh
well.
** Changed in: rsyslog (Ubuntu Precise)
Milestone: ubuntu-12.04-beta-2 => None
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** Changed in: rsyslog (Ubuntu)
Milestone: ubuntu-12.04-beta-1 => ubuntu-12.04-beta-2
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Title:
rsyslog $WorkDirectory should be explicitly set
** Changed in: rsyslog (Debian)
Status: Unknown => New
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** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #656535
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=656535
** Also affects: rsyslog via
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=656535
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
** No longer affects: rsyslog
** Also affects: rsyslog (
** Tags added: patch
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Attached is a patch that achieves this. I want to get input from Debian
before uploading however, so please do not upload yet.
** Patch added: "rsyslog_5.8.6-1ubuntu6.debdiff"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/918947/+attachment/2683292/+files/rsyslog_5.8.6-1ubuntu6.debdif
** Description changed:
In testing the imfile functionality, I learned that when $WorkDirectory
is not explicitly set, it defaults to '/'. This means that state files
(and presumably other files) are written directly in /. This violates
the FHS and is generally weird.
+ Granted, it appe
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