From 1138f154f9cb0985076159dec34546eb9f677017 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: intrigeri <intrigeri@boum.org>
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:01:16 +0100
Subject: Chmod /var/run/utmp 640 instead of removing it.

Quoting utmp(5):

  "Unlike various other systems, where utmp logging can be disabled by removing
   the file, utmp must always exist on Linux."

Moreover, removing this file breaks some of Puppet's functionality.
---
 README | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'README')

diff --git a/README b/README
index 777aae7..32b8678 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -20,15 +20,21 @@ You can set the following parameters for the loginrecords class.
 If you just include the class loginrecords this will disable all
 loginlogs.
 
-$disable_btmp, $disable_utmp, $disable_wtmp
--------------------------------------------
+$disable_btmp, $disable_wtmp
+----------------------------
 
-Default: /var/log/btmp, /var/run/utmp and /var/log/wtmp are ensured to
-be absent.
+Default: /var/log/btmp and /var/log/wtmp are ensured to be absent.
 
 These variables, when set to a false, non-empty value, have these
 files created and their logging enabled again.
 
+$protect_utmp
+-------------
+
+Default: /var/run/utmp is ensured to be present, but chmod'ed 660.
+When set to a false, non-empty value, /var/run/utmp is ensured to be
+present, and chmod'ed 664.
+
 $disable_faillog
 ----------------
 
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