Mike McClain <mike.j...@nethere.com> wrote: > /mc/bin/daily sets umask > umask 037 # save files rw owner, group read only
> then runs a script like so: > [ -e /mc/bin/secure ] && /mc/bin/secure 2>&1 | tee /root/sysstats/secure.log You want the output to go to the cron email as well as to the log file? > but the permissions on secure.log come out 600: > root@/deb60:~> ls -l sysstats/secure.log > -rw------- 1 root root 67832 Jul 18 02:01 sysstats/secure.log > What do I need to do to make secure.log permissions come out 640? The permissions from umask are only applied to files that are created. If sysstats/secure.log already exists they won't be changed. Either delete the file and wait for your cron job to re-create it, or fix up the permissions manually. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pa6ld9xc5t....@news.roaima.co.uk
