id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,resolution,keywords,cc,branch,branch_author,launchpad_bug
5296,twistd logfile and UID/GID privileges,tomsheffler,,"When twistd starts as root, and is asked to drop privileges to UID/GID, and it is creating and rotating a logfile, the following will occur:

- the logfile wll be created as root
- the logfile will be rotated as UID/GID

The current implementation places some strange restrictions on setting up LOGDIR, and if these restrictions aren't followed some undocumented things happen.

- If LOGDIR is writable by UID/GID and LOGFILE is writable by UID/GID then a new logfile will be opened and old files will be rotated
- else, the initial logfile will be appended to indefnitely

Read here for more back information: http://www.tsheffler.com/blog/?p=526",defect,new,normal,,core,,twistd logfile,,,,