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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 09:26:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: Grossniklaus Bruno <grossnik DOT mailinglists AT bluewin DOT ch>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: ProFTPD 1.2.9rc2: "missing /var/log/wtmp"
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On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Grossniklaus Bruno wrote:

> Hello Igor
>
> >if [ ! -d /var/log ] ; then \
> >  mkdir -p /var/log ;
> >fi
> >if [ ! -f /var/log/wtmp ] ; then \
> >  touch /var/log/wtmp ;
> >fi
> >
> >FWIW, it'd be safer to also check whether this file is a symlink (i.e.,
> >add "-a ! -l /var/log/wtmp" to the test), but this should do for now.
              ^
Umm, make that "-h"...  Sorry.

> What about a chmod 666 /var/log/wtmp after the touch?
>
> Bruno

Yep, forgot that.  Ok, take 2:

if [ ! -d /var/log -a ! -h /var/log ] ; then \
  mkdir -p /var/log ;
  chmod a+x /var ;
  chmod 1777 /var/log ;
fi
if [ ! -f /var/log/wtmp -a ! -h /var/log/wtmp ] ; then \
  touch /var/log/wtmp ;
  chmod 666 /var/log/wtmp ;
fi

Thanks for the comments,
	Igor
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