[CentOS] sticky folder permissions

>
> If it is the permissions on the directory that are the problem, then you
> may be able to change the owner of the logs directory and then give the
> application rw permissions.  That way the application will be able to
> write its logs, but would not be able to change permissions on the
> directory.
>
>   

i will investigate all options given, thanks all

the issue is that this is a somewhat automated process in that a machine 
is installed, applications deployed and brought into service as an 
automated process so i cant check all the time to make sure permissions 
are OK, ie world readable on logs.

i think to solve this i need to delve into the deploy to see why the 
permissions are being reset -