Hi, Ludovic Courtès writes: > Hi, > > Ludovic Courtès skribis: > >> Diego Nicola Barbato skribis: >> >>>>From 43c9ded791ce5b480504ce3528ee34578168f90e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >>> From: Diego Nicola Barbato >>> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 13:58:28 +0200 >>> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] service: Create log files as non-world-readable. >>> >>> * modules/shepherd/service.scm (exec-command): Create log-file with file >>> permissions #o640. >> >> [...] >> >>>>From e491436967a912e6e7372f582b3bf5c9784b8209 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >>> From: Diego Nicola Barbato >>> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 13:38:47 +0200 >>> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] service: Add #:file-creation-mask to >>> 'make-forkexec-constructor'. >>> >>> * modules/shepherd/service.scm (exec-command): Add #:file-creation-mask >>> parameter and honor it. >>> (fork+exec-command): Add #:file-creation-mask parameter and pass it to >>> exec-command. >>> (make-forkexec-constructor): Add #:file-creation-mask parameter and pass it >>> to fork+exec-command. >>> * doc/shepherd.texi (Service De- and Constructors): Adjust accordingly. >> >> I went ahead and pushed these two patches. > > These patches are in Shepherd 0.8.0, which was pushed in Guix master > commit e3358a831e7d5d9e8dc614340e49ea5aeb11a7ff, so we’re done! Great! Now we can simplify the 'start' method of 'syslogd-service-type'. I did eventually write a test script, which I've attached in case we want to add it to the Shepherd. I'm sorry it took so long that I missed the new Shepherd release. Regards, Diego