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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.
-- 
Thanks,
Feri.


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