$FileCreateMode
---------------

**Type:** global configuration directive

**Default:** 0644

**Description:**

The $FileCreateMode directive 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 directive. 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.

This documentation is part of the `rsyslog <http://www.rsyslog.com/>`_
project.
Copyright © 2007 by `Rainer Gerhards <http://www.gerhards.net/rainer>`_
and `Adiscon <http://www.adiscon.com/>`_. Released under the GNU GPL
version 3 or higher.
