[Bro] access right changed on log directory

Daniel Thayer dnthayer at illinois.edu
Fri Aug 21 09:24:41 PDT 2015


Broctl creates that directory, but it doesn't explicitly
set or change its permissions.  You should check the umask of the root
user on your system, and the umask setting for sudo (if you're using
sudo to run broctl).  You want a umask of 0022.


On 08/21/2015 10:53 AM, Emmanuel TORQUATO wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have upgraded from 2.3.2 to 2.4 and find that spool/manager directory
> has not the same access right than before:
>
> In 2.4:
>
> drwxr-x---  3 root root   4096 Aug 21 17:36 manager
>
> in 2.3.2:
>
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Aug 21 17:13 manager
>
> It’s a problem for me because I would like to view logs without being
> root. Is there a way to change the access right to log directory when
> starting bro?
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards,
>
> Emmanuel.


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