util: always reopen the log file

Reopen the log file even if the filename exists. This fixes the
situation where an external program moves or deletes the log
file, then creates a new file with the same log file name.

Change-Id: I3b98d6fc0d05c7ab231f84e9a271f925506ab51f
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.openafs.org/11725
Reviewed-by: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu>
Tested-by: BuildBot <buildbot@rampaginggeek.com>

diff --git a/src/util/serverLog.c b/src/util/serverLog.c
index 8b6ea85..b42525b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/util/serverLog.c
+++ b/src/util/serverLog.c
@@ -465,9 +465,6 @@ ReOpenLog(const char *fileName)
 {
     int flags = O_WRONLY | O_APPEND | O_CREAT;
 
-    if (access(fileName, F_OK) == 0)
-       return 0;               /* exists, no need to reopen. */
-
 #if !defined(AFS_NT40_ENV)
     if (serverLogSyslog) {
        return 0;