From 370ad59826c2320288a1999ef9038e2a2655b8a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastien GODARD Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 17:47:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add UMASK definition to sysstat(5) manual page (#362) Explain UMASK variable in sysstat(5) manual page. Signed-off-by: Sebastien GODARD Cherry-picked-by: Lukáš Zaoral Upstream-commit: 370ad59826c2320288a1999ef9038e2a2655b8a0 --- man/sysstat.in | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/sysstat.in b/man/sysstat.in index 6ce6b473..89bdd3f4 100644 --- a/man/sysstat.in +++ b/man/sysstat.in @@ -140,6 +140,15 @@ daily data files. These options are used only when a new data file is created. They will be ignored with an already existing one. .TP +.B UMASK +.RB "The " "sa1" " and " "sa2" +scripts generate system activity data and report files in the +.IR /var/log/sa +directory. By default the files are created with umask 0022 +and are therefore readable for all users. Change this variable to restrict +the permissions on the files (e.g. use 0027 to adhere to more strict +security standards). +.TP .B YESTERDAY .RB "By default " "sa2" script generates yesterday's summary, since the