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[leafnode-list] /var/spool/news/* permissions issue



Does the 2.0 strain of leafnode software forcibly reset file permissions on
the /var/spool/news/* directories?  I am using 2.0b8, but need to know about
the latest ma releases also.

IE:

| kbulgrien@arendi -- /var/spool/news |
1042=$ ls -l
total 18
drwxr-xr-x   2 news     news         1024 Jan 24  2001 failed.postings
drwxr-sr-x   2 news     news         1024 Feb 25 18:50 in.coming
drwxr-xr-x   2 news     news         1024 Jun 22  2001 interesting.groups
drwxr-xr-x   2 news     news         1024 Feb 26 08:27 leaf.node
drwxr-sr-x 1003 news     news        12288 Feb 21 13:33 message.id
drwxr-sr-x   2 news     news         1024 Jul 30  2001 out.going
drwxrwsr-x  11 news     news         1024 Jun  8  2001 vcsd
| kbulgrien@arendi -- /var/spool/news |
1046=$ sudo chmod g+w *
Password:
| kbulgrien@arendi -- /var/spool/news |
1047=$ ls
failed.postings  in.coming  interesting.groups  leaf.node  message.id
out.going  vcsd
| kbulgrien@arendi -- /var/spool/news |
1048=$ ls -l
total 18
drwxrwxr-x   2 news     news         1024 Jan 24  2001 failed.postings
drwxrwsr-x   2 news     news         1024 Feb 25 18:50 in.coming
drwxrwxr-x   2 news     news         1024 Jun 22  2001 interesting.groups
drwxrwxr-x   2 news     news         1024 Feb 26 08:27 leaf.node
drwxrwsr-x 1003 news     news        12288 Feb 21 13:33 message.id
drwxrwsr-x   2 news     news         1024 Jul 30  2001 out.going
drwxrwsr-x  11 news     news         1024 Jun  8  2001 vcsd

Read some news in news client... then...

| kbulgrien@arendi -- /var/spool/news |
1049=$ ls -l
total 18
drwxr-xr-x   2 news     news         1024 Jan 24  2001 failed.postings
drwxr-sr-x   2 news     news         1024 Feb 25 18:50 in.coming
drwxr-xr-x   2 news     news         1024 Jun 22  2001 interesting.groups
drwxr-xr-x   2 news     news         1024 Feb 26 08:27 leaf.node
drwxr-sr-x 1003 news     news        12288 Feb 21 13:33 message.id
drwxr-sr-x   2 news     news         1024 Jul 30  2001 out.going
drwxrwsr-x  11 news     news         1024 Jun  8  2001 vcsd

As you can see some time later, they get set back to no write for group.  
I have a situation where I want a news administrator to have write
permission
to these directories, but I do not want to grant additional priveleges.

I can work around my particular needs, even if it is configuring a sudo
access method, but, I wondered if this behaviour is really necessary...

--- 
Kevin R. Bulgrien, Engineer
Mailto:kbulgrien@xxxxxxxx

Vertex RSI, A TriPoint Global Company         http://www.tripointglobal.com/
Controls & Structures Division 
1915 Harrison Road                                    Tel: 903-295-1480 x288
Longview, TX 75604-5438                               Fax: 903-295-1479
 

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