[syslog-ng]Access Control List on AIX system

Balazs Scheidler bazsi@balabit.hu
Mon, 18 Jun 2001 18:59:06 +0200


On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 10:41:10AM -0600, Kai Wang wrote:
> I have been using syslog-ng 1.4.11 for several months. I found the "kill
> -HUP" command doesn't change an existing log file mode, which means not
> only the mode and ownership haven't been changed but also the Access
> Control List(acl) hasn't been changed.
> 
> I just downloaded and run syslog-ng 1.5.7. I found a big change of this.
> When you do "kill -HUP", the log files' mode and ownership have been
> reset and the acl has been disabled. Mode and ownership are not a
> problem. But I really want to keep the old acl or allow me to reset it
> like the file mode and ownership.

hmm.... others complained that syslog-ng should set permissions explicitly.
I'll look into making this an option.

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