Re: Logs and Permissions for Daemons
Itai Zukerman <zukerman@math-hat.com> wrote:
>
> I have a daemon that does _not_ require root priviledges to work
> normally. It does produce some log files, however. Is there a
> standard technique for handling this situation (I mean starting the
> daemon in init.d as a non-priviledged user but still having permission
> to write to logs)? The trick is, I would rather not create a new user
> or group just for this daemon.
There is nothing wrong with creating a new user when the alternative is
running as root.
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