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 09:54:34AM -0500, Marc Sherman wrote:
> Package: logcheck
> Version: 1.2.35
> Severity: normal
> 
> I reported a bug on a couple clamav packages (302253, 302254) which
> noted that in Sarge, logcheck files are supposed to be root:logcheck
> 640, not root:root 644.  The clamav maintainer replied that he's using
> dh_installlogcheck to install them, so presumably that dh_ app should be
> changed to fix the permission.
> 
> Is this the case?  Is there a canonical policy for logcheck file
> permissions in sarge?  If so, is dh_installlogcheck the right place to
> fix it?
> 
> I'm not sure if logcheck or debhelper is the right package for this bug.
> If it's the latter, please reassign it.

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.

Suggestions?

-- 
[   Todd J. Troxell                                         ,''`.
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