Marc Lehmann wrote: > Package: rsyslog > Version: 3.18.6-4 > Severity: normal > > > rsyslogd incorrectly applies the umask to the file permission settings
rsyslog by default does *not* apply any umask. If you override the default, I guess you have good reason to do so. > - there is little point in having configurable permissions if they get > filtered through the umask in place when the init script is run (which > makes them rather erratic). > > as a temporary workaround, I added a "umask 0" to the init script, which > makes rsyslogd apply the permissions correctly. If you need that, there is also a $umask [1] config variable, which seems to better suited for such a case. Cheers, Michael [1] http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-rsconf1_umask.html -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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