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List:       linux-newbie
Subject:    Re: Permissions changing
From:       Robin Doer <robin.doer () gmx ! de>
Date:       2002-07-20 17:57:52
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Am Samstag, 20. Juli 2002 18:14 schrieb Ray Olszewski:
> At 09:41 PM 7/20/02 -0400, Natarajan K wrote:
> >HI,
> >         I am using  Mandrake 8.2. I allowed the mail log file to be read
> > by everybody. But the permissions were reverted soon without my
> > knowledge. Is any daemon running by default that changes the permissions
> > of important files?
>
> I don't know offhand what Mandrake runs by default ... but see if logrotate
> is running. It *might* cause this sort of change to happen.

But it's also possible that your mail-client checks the permissions of  files 
and, if it's necessary, change it back (for security reasons). Try to change 
the owner of the logfile and then see what happend.

Robin
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