> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kristof > Petr > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 5:02 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] upgrading clamav changes permissions on > directories? > > > Jim Maul wrote: > > >I just upgraded my clamav RPMs from 0.70rc to 0.70 (from > >http://crash.fce.vutbr.cz/crash-hat/1/clamav/) > > > >Since i am running qmail with qmail-scanner, i run clamav as > user qscand and > >have to change /var/run/clamav, /var/log/clamav and /var/lib/clamav to be > >owned by qscand. While upgrading to 0.70 i noticed that all > three of these > >directories have changed back to clamav.clamav. Would it be possible to > >NOT change ownership back to clamav during an upgrade? > > > >Its not that big of a deal, just sorta annoying. > > > > > > Hello Jim, > > thanks for feedback. > > RPM has ability to enforce file/directory permissions and owners. This > is usualy > used for security reason on critical directories/files as a protection > against > inexperienced admins. > > But your request is valid. > > I will try to change package behaviour to > - first instance of package on system will install these directories > with clamav user > - all next pieces will respect the actual setting, so if you changed > owner, your > setting will be untouched. > > Does it meet your needing? > > Petr >
Sounds very good to me. The only time i see this behavior being a problem is if someone wants to reinstall the rpm to fix a permission problem. In that case i suppose they would have to delete the directories and then reinstall so even that wouldnt be too bad. Thanks for the help. Jim ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
