On Jun 11, 2012, at 12:21 AM, Flavio Grossi wrote: > <exarkun <at> twistedmatrix.com> writes: > > >> >> Log rotation - ie, renaming a file - isn't affected by the permissions >> of the log file. The permissions of the *directory containing the log >> file* control whether it can be renamed (and a new one created) or not. >> >> So it doesn't matter what permissions the log file has. It only matters >> what permissions you set on the directory holding the log file. That's >> outside of the control of twistd. > > http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/browser/tags/releases/twisted- > 12.0.0/twisted/python/logfile.py#L286 > > def rotate(self): > if not (os.access(self.directory, os.W_OK) and os.access(self.path, > os.W_OK)): > return > > > it seems to also need write access to log file.
It's a pity that this code wasn't commented. I can't find a platform where moving the file needs write access. File a bug? (Just another example of why LBYL is an antipattern...) -glyph _______________________________________________ Twisted-Python mailing list Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python
