Thanks for the input, Dan. Actually, I am aware of how permissions. The question is how to set permissions, owner, group on a log file created by FileAppender when it actually creates the log file.
For the moment, I have solved the problem by using a separate log file for tomcat. Daniel Stephens wrote: > > If they are all the same group, then I would suggest just setting the > umask > to 022 or 027.. But let me say I'm not a Unix admin and I'm not a 100% > sure > of all the down falls here. I do know that 022 will work I've done some > things with my source code, and others in my group not able to "write" to > it, but they needed to. I'm attaching this link, so you can check out some > of that settings. Sorry if your already familiar with these Admin > concepts.. > > > http://snap.nlc.dcccd.edu/reference/sysadmin/julian/ch18/395-398.html > > On 3/2/07, stevethames <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> Hi Dan. Thanks for responding. >> >> Yes, that's true, the file is owned by the tomcat user. My mod_perl >> stuff >> runs under "apache" (the httpd user) and I have some Perl daemons that >> run >> as root. In Perl, using log4perl, I can set the owner, group, and umask >> of >> the log file for file creation. I have a reason for keeping the user IDs >> (apache, tomcat, root) as they are. So, what I've done is made them all >> part of the same group. Its the group and group permissions I need to >> set >> on the log file using FileAppender. >> >> Any thoughts? >> >> >> Daniel Stephens wrote: >> > >> > I would think if your using Tomcat as the Servlet container, The file >> > itself >> > would be owned by the account running Tomcat. Is this not the case? >> > >> > On 3/2/07, stevethames <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> I am using tomcat as a servlet server used by a mod_perl application >> >> running >> >> under apache. I have setup log4j and log4perl to that both tomcat and >> >> the >> >> Perl app can use the same log files. This all works fine. >> >> >> >> The problem I'm having is when tomcat creates the log file. Does >> anyone >> >> know how to set the log file owner, group, and permissions when >> >> FileAppender >> >> creates the log file? >> >> -- >> >> View this message in context: >> >> >> http://www.nabble.com/log4j%2C-fileappender%2C-owner%2C-group%2C-and-umask-tf3334405.html#a9272184 >> >> Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/log4j%2C-fileappender%2C-owner%2C-group%2C-and-umask-tf3334405.html#a9274733 >> Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/log4j%2C-fileappender%2C-owner%2C-group%2C-and-umask-tf3334405.html#a9335296 Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]