Dennis Hoffman <dennis(dot)hoffman(at)seagate(dot)com> wrote:
> If I do nothing other than remove the file permissions ( change
> back to 700 from 750 ), the Postmaster starts just as it should.
> Why does the Postmaster not start with the group permissions
> changed?
That's intentional, as a security measure.
> Is this a bug?
It is considered a feature.
> What can I do?
I'd be tempted to write a script which was owned by root which
calculated the size as desired, and grant sudo rights to merlin to
execute that particular script as the user with rights.
-Kevin