diff -u rsyslog-4.2.0/debian/changelog rsyslog-4.2.0/debian/changelog
--- rsyslog-4.2.0/debian/changelog
+++ rsyslog-4.2.0/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+rsyslog (4.2.0-2ubuntu2) karmic; urgency=low
+
+  * Fix log file ownership issues when HUPing an unprivileged rsyslog
+    LP: #407862
+    - debian/rsyslog.conf: Set $FileOwner to syslog
+    - debian/patches/deroot.patch: Always chown output files, since we may
+      not be able to read them on a HUP otherwise.
+
+ -- Michael Terry <michael.terry@canonical.com>  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:58:50 -0400
+
 rsyslog (4.2.0-2ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low
 
   [ Michael Terry ]
diff -u rsyslog-4.2.0/debian/rsyslog.conf rsyslog-4.2.0/debian/rsyslog.conf
--- rsyslog-4.2.0/debian/rsyslog.conf
+++ rsyslog-4.2.0/debian/rsyslog.conf
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #
 # Set the default permissions for all log files.
 #
-$FileOwner root
+$FileOwner syslog
 $FileGroup adm
 $FileCreateMode 0640
 $DirCreateMode 0755
diff -u rsyslog-4.2.0/debian/patches/deroot.patch rsyslog-4.2.0/debian/patches/deroot.patch
--- rsyslog-4.2.0/debian/patches/deroot.patch
+++ rsyslog-4.2.0/debian/patches/deroot.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Index: rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1/tools/syslogd.c
+Index: rsyslog-4.2.0/tools/syslogd.c
 ===================================================================
---- rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1.orig/tools/syslogd.c	2009-08-13 14:59:42.000000000 -0400
-+++ rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1/tools/syslogd.c	2009-08-13 14:59:42.000000000 -0400
+--- rsyslog-4.2.0.orig/tools/syslogd.c	2009-08-31 14:47:13.000000000 -0400
++++ rsyslog-4.2.0/tools/syslogd.c	2009-08-31 14:47:13.000000000 -0400
 @@ -2291,6 +2291,30 @@
  }
  
@@ -110,10 +110,10 @@
  	/* END OF INTIALIZATION
  	 * ... but keep in mind that we might do a restart and thus init() might
  	 * be called again. If that happens, we must shut down the worker thread,
-Index: rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1/plugins/imklog/bsd.c
+Index: rsyslog-4.2.0/plugins/imklog/bsd.c
 ===================================================================
---- rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1.orig/plugins/imklog/bsd.c	2009-08-13 14:26:00.000000000 -0400
-+++ rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1/plugins/imklog/bsd.c	2009-08-13 14:59:42.000000000 -0400
+--- rsyslog-4.2.0.orig/plugins/imklog/bsd.c	2009-06-14 06:25:11.000000000 -0400
++++ rsyslog-4.2.0/plugins/imklog/bsd.c	2009-08-31 14:47:13.000000000 -0400
 @@ -83,6 +83,11 @@
  #	define _PATH_KLOG "/dev/klog"
  #endif
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@
  		iRet = RS_RET_ERR; // TODO: better error code
  	}
  
-Index: rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1/plugins/imklog/imklog.c
+Index: rsyslog-4.2.0/plugins/imklog/imklog.c
 ===================================================================
---- rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1.orig/plugins/imklog/imklog.c	2009-08-13 14:26:00.000000000 -0400
-+++ rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1/plugins/imklog/imklog.c	2009-08-13 14:59:42.000000000 -0400
+--- rsyslog-4.2.0.orig/plugins/imklog/imklog.c	2009-06-22 13:11:10.000000000 -0400
++++ rsyslog-4.2.0/plugins/imklog/imklog.c	2009-08-31 14:47:13.000000000 -0400
 @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
  #include <string.h>
  #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -186,10 +186,10 @@
  	CHKiRet(omsdRegCFSLineHdlr((uchar *)"klogsymbollookup", 0, eCmdHdlrBinary, NULL, &symbol_lookup, STD_LOADABLE_MODULE_ID));
  	CHKiRet(omsdRegCFSLineHdlr((uchar *)"klogsymbolstwice", 0, eCmdHdlrBinary, NULL, &symbols_twice, STD_LOADABLE_MODULE_ID));
  	CHKiRet(omsdRegCFSLineHdlr((uchar *)"klogusesyscallinterface", 0, eCmdHdlrBinary, NULL, &use_syscall, STD_LOADABLE_MODULE_ID));
-Index: rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1/plugins/imklog/imklog.h
+Index: rsyslog-4.2.0/plugins/imklog/imklog.h
 ===================================================================
---- rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1.orig/plugins/imklog/imklog.h	2009-08-13 14:26:00.000000000 -0400
-+++ rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1/plugins/imklog/imklog.h	2009-08-13 14:59:42.000000000 -0400
+--- rsyslog-4.2.0.orig/plugins/imklog/imklog.h	2009-06-14 06:25:11.000000000 -0400
++++ rsyslog-4.2.0/plugins/imklog/imklog.h	2009-08-31 14:47:13.000000000 -0400
 @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
  extern char *symfile; 
  extern int console_log_level;
@@ -198,10 +198,10 @@
  
  /* the functions below may be called by the drivers */
  rsRetVal imklogLogIntMsg(int priority, char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf,2, 3)));
-Index: rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1/plugins/imklog/linux.c
+Index: rsyslog-4.2.0/plugins/imklog/linux.c
 ===================================================================
---- rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1.orig/plugins/imklog/linux.c	2009-08-13 14:59:38.000000000 -0400
-+++ rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1/plugins/imklog/linux.c	2009-08-13 15:00:13.000000000 -0400
+--- rsyslog-4.2.0.orig/plugins/imklog/linux.c	2009-06-18 05:11:03.000000000 -0400
++++ rsyslog-4.2.0/plugins/imklog/linux.c	2009-08-31 14:47:13.000000000 -0400
 @@ -84,6 +84,11 @@
  extern int ksyslog(int type, char *buf, int len);
  
@@ -245,10 +245,10 @@
  	return(proc);
  }
  
-Index: rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1/runtime/modules.c
+Index: rsyslog-4.2.0/runtime/modules.c
 ===================================================================
---- rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1.orig/runtime/modules.c	2009-08-13 14:26:00.000000000 -0400
-+++ rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1/runtime/modules.c	2009-08-13 14:59:42.000000000 -0400
+--- rsyslog-4.2.0.orig/runtime/modules.c	2009-06-22 13:11:10.000000000 -0400
++++ rsyslog-4.2.0/runtime/modules.c	2009-08-31 14:47:13.000000000 -0400
 @@ -390,6 +390,7 @@
  			CHKiRet((*pNew->modQueryEtryPt)((uchar*)"runInput", &pNew->mod.im.runInput));
  			CHKiRet((*pNew->modQueryEtryPt)((uchar*)"willRun", &pNew->mod.im.willRun));
@@ -257,10 +257,10 @@
  			break;
  		case eMOD_OUT:
  			CHKiRet((*pNew->modQueryEtryPt)((uchar*)"freeInstance", &pNew->freeInstance));
-Index: rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1/runtime/modules.h
+Index: rsyslog-4.2.0/runtime/modules.h
 ===================================================================
---- rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1.orig/runtime/modules.h	2009-08-13 14:26:00.000000000 -0400
-+++ rsyslog-4.2.0-2ubuntu1/runtime/modules.h	2009-08-13 14:59:42.000000000 -0400
+--- rsyslog-4.2.0.orig/runtime/modules.h	2009-06-22 13:11:10.000000000 -0400
++++ rsyslog-4.2.0/runtime/modules.h	2009-08-31 14:47:13.000000000 -0400
 @@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
  			rsRetVal (*runInput)(thrdInfo_t*);	/* function to gather input and submit to queue */
  			rsRetVal (*willRun)(void); 		/* function to gather input and submit to queue */
@@ -271,0 +272,20 @@
+Index: rsyslog-4.2.0/tools/omfile.c
+===================================================================
+--- rsyslog-4.2.0.orig/tools/omfile.c	2009-08-31 14:47:37.000000000 -0400
++++ rsyslog-4.2.0/tools/omfile.c	2009-08-31 14:48:30.000000000 -0400
+@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@
+ 		 */
+ 		pData->fd = open((char*) newFileName, O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_CREAT|O_NOCTTY|O_CLOEXEC,
+ 				pData->fCreateMode);
++	}
+ 		if(pData->fd != -1) {
+ 			/* check and set uid/gid */
+ 			if(pData->fileUID != (uid_t)-1 || pData->fileGID != (gid_t) -1) {
+@@ -438,7 +439,6 @@
+ 				}
+ 			}
+ 		}
+-	}
+ finalize_it:
+ 	/* this was "pData->fd != 0", which I think was a bug. I guess 0 was intended to mean
+ 	 * non-open file descriptor. Anyhow, I leave this comment for the time being to that if