El Fatayri Anwar ok ... But how can i do that ? Anwar
> Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 12:52:48 +0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog 5.8.10 Log Files permissions > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Anwar El fatayri < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey Rainer, > > I want my configuration files to be generic. Creating all Linux standard > > log files manually is not generic (i might have problems when updating the > > system for example). > > Example: > > 1) Install linux on a machine (CentOS 6.3 for ex.) 2) delete > > /var/log/messages3) restart rsyslogd > > Result : /var/log/messages is created with is natlive permissions, owner, > > group ... > > Isn't possible to go back to this state after creating specific app log > > files with specific permissions, groups .. ??? > > > > of course, BUT if the distro uses settings different from rsyslog's > default, you need to tell rsyslog which ones to use. We can't guess what > the distro wants. So you need to set these settings (the *distro* defaults) > explicitely. > > Rainer > > El Fatayri Anwar > > > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 12:31:03 +0200 > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog 5.8.10 Log Files permissions > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Anwar El fatayri < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hey all, > > > > I wrote a script that creates a generic rsyslog configuration files in > > > > rsyslog.d for all my machines. I have one problem with my log files > > > > permissions. This is the permissions config file that my script > > generates > > > > /etc/rsyslog.d/zz-002-permissions.log : > > > > $FileGroup jboss-as-logs$umask 0000$FileCreateMode 0640 > > > > > > > > The problem is that these files are included in rsyslog.conf before > > > > creating the systems log files (like /var/log/messages, /var/log/secure > > > > ...) and i really don't want to change this file (---> Linux best > > > > practices). > > > > I tried to reset all configuration variables to their default value > > using > > > > &ResetConfigVariables but that doesn't work. It actually resets > > > > FileCreateMode to 0644 for example. > > > > > > > > > > well, that's rsyslog default for this setting. I guess the distro has > > > changed that via a directive. > > > > > > > > > > Any ideas ?? > > > > I want to be able to delete /var/log/messages for example and then > > restart > > > > rsyslog and have root as the owner and the group of this file with its > > > > native permissions (0600). Is this possible with rsyslog or do i need > > to > > > > change permissions manually ?? > > > > > > > > > > so why not either do the other changes after the standard files OR reset > > > the manually to the values that you want? It looks like you know what > > they > > > are. > > > > > > Rainer > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > El Fatayri Anwar > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > rsyslog mailing list > > > > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > > > > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > > > > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > > > > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a > > myriad > > > > of sites beyond our control. 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