# $DirGroup

Type: global configuration parameter

Default:

Description:

Set the group for directories newly created. Please note that this setting does not affect the group of directories already existing. The parameter is a group name, for which the groupid is obtained by rsyslogd on during startup processing. Interim changes to the user mapping are not detected.

Sample:

`$DirGroup loggroup`

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