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From: scottfother@att.net (Scott Fotheringham)
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When using newsyslog to upkeep a file on a
nfs mount the existing file is rotated properly, 
but the new file has a large UID (User ID) which
does not correspond to any user. The next time
the program that updates the log runs, it fails
because the file is 644 so only the owner can write to 
it.

I tried specifying a User:Group on the 
/etc.newsyslog.conf file and that did not help.

Ultimately I set the file to be cleaned by the newsyslog 
of
the
nfs server, but  from an administrative point of view I
would
prefer to have the newsyslog be run from the same machine
as the program creating/updating the log

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