[rsyslog] wrong permissons on directories

Thomas Mieslinger thomas.mieslinger at 1und1.de
Fri Mar 6 16:17:30 CET 2009


I guess nobody did let rsyslog make directories.

Rainer Gerhards wrote:
> Thomas,
> 
> do I correctly understand that you propose the default be changed?

Yepp.

> If so, I am hesitant to do that - wouldn't that potentially break existing deployments?

hmm Maybe I haven't seen enough yet, but I can't imagine a deployment 
built on directory permissions 644....

> On the other hand... how could that work... Umm...

They are all working as root out there :-)

I think it would be good if you just double check it yourself that the 
directories get created with 644 and decicde on your findings.

Thomas



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