preserve ownership and permissions of existing file

Signed-off-by: Steven Armstrong <steven@icarus.ethz.ch>
2013-09-27 22:05:02 +02:00 · 2013-09-27 22:05:02 +02:00 · c769d0b681
parent 97a8793fdd
commit c769d0b681
1 changed files with 2 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__postfix_master/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__postfix_master/gencode-remote
@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ remove_entry() {
   suffix="#/cdist:$__object_name"
   cat << DONE
 tmpfile=\$(mktemp ${config}.cdist.XXXXXXXXXX)
+# preserve ownership and permissions of existing file
+cp -p "$config" "\$tmpfile"
 awk -v prefix="$prefix" -v suffix="$suffix" '
 {
   if (index(\$0,prefix)) {