Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. As per Debian Policy section 11.7, news servers and clients are supposed to use these directories. The configuration as it is now is deliberate, and I refer you to http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals /securing-debian-howto/ch12.en.html, section 12.1.12.1. In general the permissions should be set up in such a way that under normal operating conditions, the programs can run without root permissions.
Also, since all the packages referred to in this bug is in universe or multiverse, they are community maintained. I am going to mark this bug as "Won't Fix" since Ubuntu won't diverge from Debian on this point. If you feel strongly about making these changes, I encourage you file a bug with Debian (http://www.debian.org/Bugs/) and if they approve your changes, the changes can be incorporated into Ubuntu. ** Changed in: inn (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: inn2 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: innfeed (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: leafnode (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: slrn (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: uucpsend (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: ifmail (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/731547 Title: wrong ownership of /var/log/news/ and /etc/news/ -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
