Hi,

Diego Nicola Barbato <dnbarbato@posteo.de> skribis:

> On Guix System the log files (in /var/log) generated by syslogd are
> currently (commit 151f3d4) world readable.  They should probably only be
> readable by root (for the same reason that dmesg can only be run by
> root).
>
> It isn't possible to set the umask with fork-exec-constructor, is it?
> Otherwise that might have been a simple solution.

That would be a nice solution to implement in the Shepherd.  If you feel
like giving it a try, that would be great!

In the meantime, the patch below fixes the syslogd problem.  Also
attached is a patch for the accounting database, though that one is
questionable.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Ludo’.