1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/debug.c b/src/util/debug.c
index a99d5403a..413757091 100644
--- a/src/util/debug.c
+++ b/src/util/debug.c
@@ -297,6 +297,39 @@ void ldb_debug_messages(void *context, enum ldb_debug_level level,
     free(message);
 }
 
+/* In cases SSSD used to run as the root user, but runs as the SSSD user now,
+ * we need to chown the log files
+ */
+int chown_debug_file(const char *filename,
+                     uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
+{
+    char *logpath;
+    const char *log_file;
+    errno_t ret;
+
+    if (filename == NULL) {
+        log_file = debug_log_file;
+    } else {
+        log_file = filename;
+    }
+
+    ret = asprintf(&logpath, "%s/%s.log", LOG_PATH, log_file);
+    if (ret == -1) {
+        return ENOMEM;
+    }
+
+    ret = chown(logpath, uid, gid);
+    free(logpath);
+    if (ret != 0) {
+        ret = errno;
+        DEBUG(SSSDBG_FATAL_FAILURE, "chown failed for [%s]: [%d]\n",
+              log_file, ret);
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    return EOK;
+}
+
 int open_debug_file_ex(const char *filename, FILE **filep, bool want_cloexec)
 {
     FILE *f = NULL;