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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/base.scm | 18 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm index 2913478e4a..0f119cc2f9 100644 --- a/gnu/services/base.scm +++ b/gnu/services/base.scm @@ -1316,17 +1316,13 @@ Service Switch}, for an example." (documentation "Run the syslog daemon (syslogd).") (provision '(syslogd)) (requirement '(user-processes)) - (start #~(let ((spawn (make-forkexec-constructor - (list #$(syslog-configuration-syslogd config) - "--rcfile" - #$(syslog-configuration-config-file config)) - #:pid-file "/var/run/syslog.pid"))) - (lambda () - ;; Set the umask such that file permissions are #o640. - (let ((mask (umask #o137)) - (pid (spawn))) - (umask mask) - pid)))) + (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor + (list #$(syslog-configuration-syslogd config) + "--rcfile" + #$(syslog-configuration-config-file config)) + ;; Set the umask such that file permissions are #o640. + #:file-creation-mask #o137 + #:pid-file "/var/run/syslog.pid")) (stop #~(make-kill-destructor)))))) ;; Snippet adapted from the GNU inetutils manual. |