Subject: Re: [bug#54309] [PATCH] services: auditd: use exclusive log directory for auditd

From: Maxime Devos <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:13:08 +0100

fesoj000 schreef op za 19-03-2022 om 12:34 [+0100]:
> +        (let* ((previous-umask (umask #o077)))
> +          (mkdir-p "/var/log/audit")
> +          (umask previous-umask)))))

I cannot recommend this, what if 'mkdir-p' throws an exception?
That might cause problems.  Or maybe not, but it would require
some analysis that can be avoided with 'mkdir-p/perms'.

Greetings,
Maxime.