Bug#35504: [PROPOSAL] Permissions of /var/log.

To: sanvila@unex.es (Santiago Vila), 35504@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#35504: [PROPOSAL] Permissions of /var/log.
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 22:07:38 +1000
Message-id: <[🔎] 200003281207.WAA07176@gondor.apana.org.au>
Reply-to: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>, 35504@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <20000125162010.A25515@cistron.nl> <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.1000328115023.3464B-100000@cantor.unex.es>

Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es> wrote:
>
> The /var/log directory should have permissions 2775 (group-writable and
> set-group-id) and be owned by root.adm.

This is going to allow adm members to delete/create logfiles, probably not
what you intended.
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