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| -rw-r--r-- | apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc index 34ae4e593..5b2a8251e 100644 --- a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc +++ b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc @@ -751,14 +751,15 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::OpenLog() return _error->WarningE("OpenLog", _("Could not open file '%s'"), logfile_name.c_str()); setvbuf(d->term_out, NULL, _IONBF, 0); SetCloseExec(fileno(d->term_out), true); - struct passwd *pw; - struct group *gr; - pw = getpwnam("root"); - gr = getgrnam("adm"); - if (pw != NULL && gr != NULL) - if(chown(logfile_name.c_str(), pw->pw_uid, gr->gr_gid) != 0) - _error->Errno("OpenLog", "chown failed"); - chmod(logfile_name.c_str(), 0640); + if (getuid() == 0) // if we aren't root, we can't chown a file, so don't try it + { + struct passwd *pw = getpwnam("root"); + struct group *gr = getgrnam("adm"); + if (pw != NULL && gr != NULL && chown(logfile_name.c_str(), pw->pw_uid, gr->gr_gid) != 0) + _error->WarningE("OpenLog", "chown to root:adm of file %s failed", logfile_name.c_str()); + } + if (chmod(logfile_name.c_str(), 0640) != 0) + _error->WarningE("OpenLog", "chmod 0640 of file %s failed", logfile_name.c_str()); fprintf(d->term_out, "\nLog started: %s\n", timestr); } |