general/1974: unable to create/update ScriptLog if the dir/file path is not owned by apache

[david ford <da...@kalifornia.com>]

>Number:         1974
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       unable to create/update ScriptLog if the dir/file path is not owned by apache
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Mar 21 06:50:00 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     david@kalifornia.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.b5
>Environment:
linux 2.0, pgcc.
>Description:
'tis very simple.  this is the only log file i'm aware of that encounters this condition.

i have root owned dirs for apache.  i just realised why the ScriptLog directive never worked on my machine.

apache runs as user 'httpd'.  i needed to make logs/ and logs/<file> owned by user 'httpd'

not too critical of a situation, more a matter of inconsistency as all other log files appear to be created/updated as root.
>How-To-Repeat:
n/r
>Fix:
setuid(0) when creating/writing this logfile....i won't make a patch as this is probably a one+one liner or close to it :).

-d
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