[GTALUG] File Permission Nusance

[Alvin Starr]

logrotate is your friend.

A well configured logrotate will get around most of those problems.

On 04/04/2016 06:01 PM, Stephen wrote:
> I have Apache running on my system for web development with php.
>
> Apache writes to an error.log file unique for the specific web site 
> that I am working on.
>
> During debugging the log file grows, and I like to clear it every now 
> and then.
>
> I had to change ownership of the file to me. I five read/write to 
> everyone.
>
> But when I truncate the file and save, Apache no longer writes to it. 
> The Apache error logs do not indicate a problem.
>
> I restart Apache and all is good again. But this is a nuisance.
>
> Is there a way to avoid this nuisance?
>
> Thanks
>

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