Specter cannot reopen logs owned by root after receiving HUP signal

Bug #358534 reported by Michal Kwiatkowski
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Specter
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Owner of all new log files created is always root, even when --uid/--gid command line options are used. This means that after dropping root priviledges specter won't be able to reopen and write to them.

Two changes to specter are neede to fix that:
 * document the behavior of specter in relation to new and existing files, including usage of --uid/--gid and HUP signals
 * make specter create files owned by --uid/--gid provided on the command line, so reopening on HUP still works

Changed in specter:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.