GNU bug report logs - #64562
Rotated logs have different permissions from logs that have not yet been rotated

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2023 18:32:02 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: security

Merged with 57701

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Rotated logs have different permissions from logs that have not yet
 been rotated
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2023 14:31:15 -0400

I noticed this inconsistency:

------
$ ls -l /var/log/messages*
-rw-r----- 1 root root 112994 Jul 10 14:29 /var/log/messages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8883 Jul  5 12:00 /var/log/messages.1.gz
------

This seems like a mistake.
Added tag(s) security. Request was from Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 06 Sep 2024 12:21:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 64562 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64562: Rotated logs have different permissions from logs
 that have not yet been rotated
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:17:19 +0200

Hi,

Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> skribis:

> I noticed this inconsistency:
>
> ------
> $ ls -l /var/log/messages*
> -rw-r----- 1 root root 112994 Jul 10 14:29 /var/log/messages
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8883 Jul  5 12:00 /var/log/messages.1.gz
> ------
>
> This seems like a mistake.

Definitely.  Rottlog being what it is, few people are willing to hack on
it.

Good news is that the upcoming Shepherd 1.0 has a ‘log-rotation’ that
doesn’t have this particular bug and is hopefully more hackable:

  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2024-05/msg00159.html

Ludo’.
Severity set to 'important' from 'normal' Request was from Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:02:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Merged 57701 64562. Request was from Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:03:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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