[syslog-ng] Umask funkiness

[Declan White]

Already tried directory mode 04750 - no dice. It strips the g+s.

And dir-group ("group") when you aren't a member of that group probably won't fly.

I just need it to not touch stuff. It can only inherit these perms. It can't make them.

On Fri, Feb 09, 2018 at 04:48:01PM +0000, Robin Blanchard wrote:
> Why not explicitly manage the perms/ownerships with syslog-ng itself? Eg
> 
>     owner ("owner");
>     group ("group");
>     dir-owner ("owner");
>     dir-group ("group");
>     perm (0644);
>     dir-perm (0755);
> 
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> Subject: [syslog-ng] Umask funkiness
> 
> I have a directory owned by the syslog-ng user. Its group however belongs to a group of which the user is not a member.
> The directory is g+s, so that all files and dirs made within it inherit the group owner (and the g+s in the case of dirs).
> 
> syslog-ng is running with a umask of 022 (interrogated running process to be sure). 
> The file("/dir/${FOO}/${BAR}") destination driver has :
>                 create-dirs(yes) 
>                 perm()
>                 dir-owner()
>                 dir-group()
>                 dir-perm()
> i.e. "don't change any perms"
> 
> The aim of the game is to end up with files and dirs readable, but not writable, by the inherited group owner.
> I can't get it working. I am always ending up with 
> drwx--S--- dirs and 
> -rw------- files
> 
> Solaris. syslog-ng-3.12.1
> 
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> Declan White
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