Comment 16 for bug 120085

On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 09:32:48PM -0000, Mathias Gug wrote:
> I've attached a debdiff that should fix the issue in gutsy.
>
> I've looked into the suggestion of dropping the root privilege before
> init. However it won't work as init parses the configuration file to
> open the log files. If network logging is required (which is only known
> after the configuration file is parsed), syslogd needs to bind to a
> system port, which can only be done as root.
>
> Instead, I've patched the init script to start syslogd with the -u
> option. Before starting syslogd, all the log files that syslogd will
> open have their ownership fixed. That should fix the issue, as long as
> the init script is used to start/stop/reload syslogd.
>
> ** Attachment added: "sysklogd_1.4.1-21ubuntu3.debdiff"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9156609/sysklogd_1.4.1-21ubuntu3.debdiff

Shouldn't the cron script be fixed to set correct ownership as well?

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 - mdz