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From: Darren Reed <avalon@caligula.anu.edu.au>
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In-Reply-To: <20040604195338.GA50275@blossom.cjclark.org> from "Crist J.
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Subject: Re: syslogd(8) Dropping Privs
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...and this works in the case of SIGHUP too ?

i.e. re-read syslogd.conf and can open new files r/w root only ?

Darren