Can you set the umask so that the group has write permissions?

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:34:34 -0500, William Noto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all -
> 
> I've looked around on the web and through some message boards trying to find
> if someone has already asked this question. I've read through the FAQ and I
> don't think that I've seen this asked before.  Please excuse me if this
> question HAS been asked before.
> 
> I'm creating a code base that will be shared between a web application
> (running under tomcat) and a few standalone classes.  I would like
> everyone's logging to share the same log files however.  I am developing on
> a PC but my staging and production environments are both running Linux.
> 
> Also - I've set up my logs to rollover so that each new day will have its
> own log.
> 
> My issue pertains to the write permissions of the log files.  When the web
> application logs first, the log file is created by the tomcat user (and in
> the tomcat group) in my logs directory and it has only read permissions at
> the group level and other level.  Only the tomcat user has read/write access
> to the log file.  When the application that runs outside of tomcat executes
> first (under a different username, btw), the logfile is created such that it
> is owned by that user and again it has the same permissions.
> 
> So I am wondering - Is it possible to configure log4j so that it will create
> log files with group write permission by default?
> 
> I have set my logging directory's sticky bit to have all new files be
> created with the correct group.  The tomcat user and the non-tomcat user are
> both in the same group.
> 
> Is logging via sockets the only way to resolve this kind of issue?  That
> seems like overkill.
> 
> Thanks much and again - I'm sorry if I am repeating a question asked before.
> 
> William
> 
> William B. Noto    Open Finance    71 Gansevoort Street, Suite 2D, New York,
> NY 10014
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> 
> 


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