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Date:      Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:55:52 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/newsyslog newsyslog.c 
Message-ID:  <51776.1018436152@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 10 Apr 2002 03:38:45 MST." <200204101038.g3AAcj834631@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 03:38:45 MST, Sheldon Hearn wrote:

> sheldonh    2002/04/10 03:38:45 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     usr.sbin/newsyslog   newsyslog.c 
>   Log:
>   Close a very small window during which new (empty) instances of rotated log
>   files are owned by the caller of newsyslog (usually root:wheel) even if
>   alternative ownerships were specified in newsyslog.conf.
>   
>   Note that this is part of a wider problem which is fully addressed in
>   OpenBSD.  Anyone with the time and inclination to incorporate the full
>   fix for the wider problem will receive no complaints from me and should
>   feel free to walk all over this delta.
>   
>   PR:             bin/36738
>   MFC after:      1 week

I should probably have mentioned (since people tend not to assume it)
that the PR contains precise pointers to the appropriate revision of
the "wider scope fix" in OpenBSD.

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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