Re: /var/log/* permissions
> On Wednesday 16 April 2008, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>> Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> writes:
>>> On Tuesday 15 April 2008, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>>>> I did an install with a daily image, suite=etch. It went pretty good,
>>>> but in the end there are several differences in the /var/log/*
>>>> permissions compared to an older Etch system. For example,
>>>> /var/log/messages used to be root:adm 640, now it's root:root 644.
>>>> Where does this change originate from?
>>>
>>> AFAICT this is not a change, but a bug in the Etch version of sysklogd
>>> that has already been fixed for sid/lenny.
>>
>> How does the sid/lenny sysklogd come into the picture when installing
>> with suite=etch?
>
> It does not. That's why you still see the bug when you use the Lenny
> installer to install Etch.
>
> But you'll _also_ see the bug if you use the Etch installer, so the
> statement in your original message that there was a difference or a change
> in the way Etch was installed was incorrect.
> There almost certainly will be differences, but this is not one of them.
You are perfectly right. Sorry for the noise.
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Thanks,
Feri.
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