Ubuntu
rsyslog package

rsyslog does not create a system user like sysklogd

Bug #250827 reported by x
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rsyslog (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: rsyslog

I have rebuild rsyslog from source on ubuntu hardy and used it as replacement
for sysklogd since debian switched to it as default.
I now came across a difference between sysklogd and rsyslog. The former does
create a system user which owns the logfiles the later not.
That resulted in logfiles been owned by "dnsmasq" here because:
1. i purged sysklogd, the system user got removed.
2. installed rsyslog, not creating a user.
3. installed dnsmasq which created a new system user with the first free uid
   which was 101.

I think to be a fully drop in replacement for sysklogd, rsyslog has to create
the same system user as sysklogd.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package rsyslog - 4.2.0-1ubuntu1

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rsyslog (4.2.0-1ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * Run as rsyslog:rsyslog (LP: #250827, LP: #388608)
    - debian/control: Depend on adduser
    - debian/rsyslog.postinst: Create syslog user
    - debian/rsyslog.postrm: Delete syslog user on purge
    - debian/rsyslog.conf: Use DropPriv config fields
  * Allow reading /proc/kmsg when non-root
    - debian/rsyslog.init: Spawn a dd instance that shovels the /proc/kmsg
      data to a pipe that rsyslog can read (based on Martin Pitt's similar
      change to sysklogd).
    - debian/patches/deroot.patch: Support a KLogPath config field
      to change where the klog plugin looks and only start input modules
      after we drop privileges, as reading when root interferes with
      future reads as syslog.
    - debian/rsyslog.conf: Use KLogPath field to point to dd pipe
  * Cleanly upgrade from sysklogd
    - debian/default.conf, debian/rsyslog.conf:
      Break out the default rules into their own config file
    - debian/rsyslog.install: Install it in /usr/share/rsyslog
    - debian/rsyslog.postinst: If present, copy /etc/syslog.conf into
      /etc/rsyslog.d/default.conf. Then merge our own default.conf

 -- Michael Terry <email address hidden> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:37:43 -0400

Changed in rsyslog (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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