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Re: [hobbit] log permissions

To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
Subject: Re: [hobbit] log permissions
From: henrik (at) hswn.dk (Henrik Stoerner)
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:16:58 +0200
References: <20061019044724.B9965109E99@ws6-4.us4.outblaze.com> <BAY118-DAV5A88AA4A959F9141DC38F9F0C0@phx.gbl> <4538110F.7090206@cisco.com>
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On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 04:58:07PM -0700, Charles Jones wrote:
> By default Hobbit installs with its log reading module SUID root, so 
> that it can read root-owned logfiles.

No, that was a mistake done in one of the early 4.2.0 beta versions.
The release version refuses to run as suid-root.

The recommended solution is to make the Hobbit user be a member of a
group that has read-access to the logfiles.

Regards,
Henrik

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