Bug#35504: base2_1.tgz: ownership/permissions of /var/log (?).
Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es> writes:
> base-files_2.1.0 has it as root.adm, group writeable, and setgid.
> base2_1.tgz has it as root.root, no group writeable, and no setgid.
>
> I could not find anything in FHS or policy saying the "right"
> ownership and/or group for this directory, so I assume the permissions in
> the base-files package were established by the former base-files
> maintainers a very long time ago.
>
> In lack of policy about this, I think the boot-floppies package
> should respect the ownerships and groups of every package in the base
> system, including the base-files package.
I happen to agree.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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