On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Seth R Arnold wrote: > * Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000329 01:47]: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The /var/log directory should have permissions 2755 (set-group-id) > > and be owned by root.adm. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Santiago, I don't see the benefits of sgid on the directory if the sgid > group doesn't have write permissions. A user in the adm group would not > get elevated priveledges this way, nor does it deny any priveledges to > other users. > > Are there side effects to the directory being sgid to adm that I do not > know?
Files created by root inside /var/log would be root.adm by default, not root.root by default. -- "fec315260f0f42ce8e7d2cf9fbf687c8" (a truly random sig)
