Control: tags -1 + moreinfo Am 03.08.2017 um 18:46 schrieb Mark Charter: > Package: systemd > Version: 232-25+deb9u1 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > When /var/log/btmp is created at installation (by > /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst) its permissions are 0660 > (u=rw,g=rw,o=). When it is (re)created by log file rotation (in > /etc/logrotate.conf) its permissions are also 0660. But if it is > created by systemd, or after a reboot, its permissions (from > /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/var.conf) are 0600. So its permissions can change > with time, and they often change across a reboot. > > I suggest that the three sources of file permissions should be made > consistent, for example by changing the permissions in > /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/var.conf from > > f /var/log/btmp 0600 root utmp - > > to > > f /var/log/btmp 0660 root utmp -
Why do /var/log/btmp and /var/log/utmp have different permissions, i.e. 0660 vs 0664 in Debian? That seems inconsistent as well. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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