Bug#302379: [Logcheck-devel] Bug#302379: dh_installlogcheck installs files as root:root 644, not root:logcheck 640

[Todd Troxell]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 02:49:46PM -0500, Marc Sherman wrote:
> Todd Troxell wrote:
> >
> >The deal with this is that we can't use gid logcheck in
> >dh_installlogcheck because the logcheck user doesn't exist until
> >logcheck gets installed.
> >
> >It is annoying, but I've not come up with a solution to this yet.
> 
> Ah, good point.  I hadn't thought of that.  A bit of egg on my face, as 
> I've reported bugs against a few packages because of that. :)

No worries <:

> Two suggestions:
> 1) Logcheck is pervasive enough on Debian systems that you could argue 
> for uid/gid logcheck being added to the 0-99 range in base-passwd (see 
> policy 9.2.2).  That's not likely to happen in Sarge, though.  Probably 
> a good thing to do immediately after Sarge ships for Etch, I'd guess.

I will propose this for Etch and see what peole think.  It would certainly
be convenient.

> 2) Document this clearly, so I don't go filing stupid non-bugs. :)

Done!

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[   Todd J. Troxell                                         ,''`.
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