The prayer package in squeeze installs /var/log/prayer with group-owner
"adm"

The Config File prayer.cf sets as default the group of prayer to nogroup.

So if you start prayer with check_directory_perms = TRUE, you will get
an Error:

Starting webmail server: prayerprayer PANICLOG:
   Failed to open panic log file: "paniclog"
   Error was: Dec 15 20:25:25 [1785] "/var/log/prayer" directory must be
owned by user "prayer", group "nogroup" and not accessible by othe0rs
  failed!

Solution: install /var/log/prayer with group-owner "nogroup"

severity 607222 normal
thanks

On onsdagen den 15 december 2010, you stated the following:

The idea is that nobody and nogroup should be completely unprivileged, and
hence should not own _anything_. Many log files belong to group adm.
check_directory_perms is probably a bit too picky as it doesn't even accept
group root. I probably should just arrange for a group prayer to be created
and the directories assigned to it, and if you want to set
check_directory_perms=TRUE you should probably do that too for now.

Am 15.12.2010 21:44, schrieb Magnus Holmgren:

This is ok, if you change the config
prayer_group          = "adm"
it will run.

For me this seems to be the best solution.
having
addgroup --system prayer
chgrp prayer -R /var/log/prayer
chgrp prayer -R /var/run/prayer
and prayer_group          = "prayer"

runs without error.

However, each solution (group adm or prayer) should ensure that prayer
will start up with the standard configuration out of the package and
check_directory_perms=TRUE.

mfg
Matthias Taube

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