Bug#291825: exim4-base: /var/log/exim4 permissions

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2005-01-23 Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 12:54:43AM +1100, Anand Kumria wrote:
> > Debian policy[1], recommend directories have permissions of either 755
> > or 2755. The /var/log/exim4 directories do not.

> Feature. The log might contain confidenial data.

> > This makes is
> > cumbersome do a command such as 'sudo zgrep postini
> > /var/log/exim4/*.[0-9].gz'.

> Add yourself to the adm group. Grepping logs as root is generally not
> a good idea.

I completely agree. Debian defines group adm exactly for this purpose.
I do not think exim4 is doing anything wrong, the directory
permissions act as a safeguard and do not limit suugested practice.
             cu andreas
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