Bug 2061561

Summary: Wrong permissions inside /etc/logrotate.d/btmp 0600 instead of 0660, discrepancy with systemd
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Juan Gamba <jgamba>
Component: logrotateAssignee: Kamil Dudka <kdudka>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Karel Volný <kvolny>
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Last Closed: 2023-05-16 09:09:27 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Juan Gamba 2022-03-07 20:23:41 UTC 
Description of problem:

Wrong permissions inside /etc/logrotate.d/btmp 0600 instead of 0660, discrepancy with systemd

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. 

# cat /etc/logrotate.d/btmp

2. 

3.

Actual results:

# cat /etc/logrotate.d/btmp
# no packages own btmp -- we'll rotate it here
/var/log/btmp {
    missingok
    monthly
    create 0600 root utmp
    rotate 1
}

Expected results:

# cat /etc/logrotate.d/btmp
# no packages own btmp -- we'll rotate it here
/var/log/btmp {
    missingok
    monthly
    create 0660 root utmp
    rotate 1
}


Additional info:

# cat /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/var.conf | grep btmp
f /var/log/btmp 0660 root utmp -

FEDORA and new RHEL beta already has 0660 on the same file.
Comment 1 Kamil Dudka 2022-03-08 15:57:34 UTC 
upstream commit: https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate/commit/b1bddec3
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-16 09:09:27 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (logrotate bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:2999