# $FileCreateMode

Type: global configuration parameter

Default: 0644

Description:

The $FileCreateMode parameter allows to specify the creation mode with which rsyslogd creates new files. If not specified, the value 0644 is used (which retains backward-compatibility with earlier releases). The value given must always be a 4-digit octal number, with the initial digit being zero.

Please note that the actual permission depend on rsyslogd’s process umask. If in doubt, use “$umask 0000” right at the beginning of the configuration file to remove any restrictions.

$FileCreateMode may be specified multiple times. If so, it specifies the creation mode for all selector lines that follow until the next $FileCreateMode parameter. Order of lines is vitally important.

Sample:

`$FileCreateMode 0600`

This sample lets rsyslog create files with read and write access only for the users it runs under.

The following sample is deemed to be a complete rsyslog.conf:

    $umask 0000 # make sure nothing interferes with the following definitions
    *.* /var/log/file-with-0644-default
    $FileCreateMode 0600
    *.* /var/log/file-with-0600
    $FileCreateMode 0644
    *.* /var/log/file-with-0644

As you can see, open modes depend on position in the config file. Note the first line, which is created with the hardcoded default creation mode.

See also

Help with configuring/using `Rsyslog`:

- Mailing list - best route for general questions

- GitHub: rsyslog source project - detailed questions, reporting issues that are believed to be bugs with `Rsyslog`

- Stack Exchange (View, Ask) - experimental support from rsyslog community

See also

Contributing to `Rsyslog`:

- Source project: rsyslog project README.

- Documentation: rsyslog-doc project README

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