From a6f9d4818a5415ddd0affcf3485a1054eb1dfb9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Swindell <rob@synchro.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2023 20:30:29 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add notes about required ownership (root) and
mode/permissions
---
install/logrotate.d/sbbs | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/install/logrotate.d/sbbs b/install/logrotate.d/sbbs
index e0b79ddf07..00364d605b 100644
--- a/install/logrotate.d/sbbs
+++ b/install/logrotate.d/sbbs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
# Synchronet syslog file rotation configuration
# Assumes rsyslogd is configured to log sbbs syslog output to /var/log/sbbs.log
# Assumes user/group sbbs:sbbs has been created and is used to run sbbs
-# Copy this file to /etc/logrotate.d/ and edit to suit
+# Symlink or copy this file to /etc/logrotate.d/ and edit to suit
+# File must be owned by root (uid 0) and not be writeable by group/all:
+# -rw-r--r-- 1 root root ... sbbs
/var/log/sbbs.log {
weekly
maxsize 1G
--
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