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From 893ab396daffebfe5bb97e9fcf0adbd7fda1b828 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
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Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:10:56 +0100
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Subject: [PATCH] logrotate.8: encourage admins to use the `su` directive
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... to rotate files in directories that are directly or indirectly in
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control of non-privileged users. Originally reported in the following
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pull request:
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https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate/pull/235
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Closes #236
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Upstream-commit: 3e170c0609a18e0bb5fd7f647cb877221d576456
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Signed-off-by: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
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---
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logrotate.8.in | 4 +++-
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1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/logrotate.8.in b/logrotate.8.in
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index 56c4a32..ee26821 100644
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--- a/logrotate.8.in
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+++ b/logrotate.8.in
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@@ -575,7 +575,9 @@ user/group (usually root). \fIuser\fR specifies the user name used for
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rotation and \fIgroup\fR specifies the group used for rotation. If the
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user/group you specify here does not have sufficient privilege to make
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files with the ownership you've specified in a \fIcreate\fR instruction,
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-it will cause an error.
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+it will cause an error. If logrotate runs with root privileges, it is
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+recommended to use the \fBsu\fR directive to rotate files in directories
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+that are directly or indirectly in control of non-privileged users.
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.TP
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\fBtabooext\fR [+] \fIlist\fR
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--
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2.21.3
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