Description of Problem: We want the system logs to be group readable so you don't have to be root to check up on the system. The syslogd et-al umask is hardcoded into /etc/init.d/syslog. I'd like to see it a configurable parameter. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Version : 1.4.1 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 8 It may be appropriate to set the sticky bit on /var/log/, but maybe not. Am attaching a patch to set the appropriate umask. (Patch sets umask to current default, nobody but root can read or write.) Uses /etc/sysconfig/syslog.
Created attachment 85964 [details] Patch to allow syslogd's umask to be configured
Or at least man page should be updated. RHL7.2's version says (in BUGS section): If a file is created it is world readable. With that "umask 077" command in /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog default behaviour, obviously, now is the opposite of what man page says.
Sorry for the delay in getting to this bug . The next version of sysklogd will support a configurable umask setting similar to your attached patch.
*** Bug 72195 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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The umask is not configurable in the init script, so I guess technically this bug has been fixed. There is a broader goal, in my mind, of "make wheel useful", which includes giving group-read access to syslog logs, making that group wheel, ensuring logrotate defaults to those permissions, etc., that this bug touches on but does not wholly address.
Closing based on the context of original report - thanks!