Re: Does Debian change permissions automatically??
Its probably syslogd (sorry, does Linux even use syslogd - I'm from a
FreeBSD background). Whatever Linux uses, its probably that :)
Cliff Rowley
The reader this message encounters not failing to understand is cursed.
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On Tue, 22 May 2001 au516@freenet.carleton.ca wrote:
> Hello all,
> This is my 2nd and last attempt to get some feedback on this problem. I
> have received no replies to my first query.
>
> Basically I'm trying to find out, from someone who knows Debian's
> structure better than I, whether there is a mechanism in Debian that
> changes permissions on files *automagically* to ensure system security.
>
> I have not been able to locate this, and so cannot customize/fix this
> behaviour.
>
> In short then, here is my question:
> Does Debian Potato change permissions automatically??
>
> Thanks for all help rendered!
> R.
>
> On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 01:24:35PM -0500, au516@freenet.carleton.ca wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > This is a real mystery for me, and I need an answer to this problem:
> >
> > As a regular user (not root) I want to be able to do a 'tail -f
> > /var/log/messages' whenever I dialup my ISP. This is all set up fine
> > but there is a recurring permissions problem: every time I reboot,
> > *something* changes the group permissions of /var/log/messages
> > FROM:
> > -rw-r----- 1 root adm 225523 May 18 13:15 /var/log/messages
> > ^^^
> > BACK TO:
> > -rw-r----- 1 root root 225523 May 18 13:15 /var/log/messages
> > ^^^^
> > I chgrp back to adm, and something changes it back to root, etc.
> >
> > I have looked through /etc/cron.daily and found nothing. I have looked
> > through /etc/init.d shell scripts. I have tried tracking the
> > permissions change through syslogd logging - all unsuccessful. I cannot
> > seem to locate what mechanism is automatically changing this files
> > permissions.
> >
> > Debian gurus - help?
> >
> > R.
>
>
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