New log files in VM data folder are created with Root permissions

In FoswikiVM - upgraded to 1.04 I find that when a new month clicks over a new log file is created in the data folder, but with root ownership rather than www-data.

This grinds the server to a halt obviously with:

Foswiki detected an internal error - please check your Foswiki logs and webserver logs for more information.

ERROR: Could not write "2009-05-04T17:30:44Z info | guest | view | Main.WebHome |  Mozilla | 207.235.64.30" to path: Permission denied

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CHOWNing resolves the issue, but what's the permanent fix?

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Run your cron jobs as the apache user, not the root user.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 05 May 2009