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.
---
 manifests/utmp/unprotect.pp | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 manifests/utmp/unprotect.pp

(limited to 'manifests/utmp/unprotect.pp')

diff --git a/manifests/utmp/unprotect.pp b/manifests/utmp/unprotect.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9da7517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/utmp/unprotect.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class loginrecords::utmp::unprotect(
+  $utmp_file = '/var/run/utmp'
+){
+  file{$utmp_file:
+    ensure => 'present',
+    owner => 'root', group => 'utmp', mode => 664;
+  }
+}
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