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G'day. I am playing with my .conkyrc and I've added a
tial -f /var/log/messages.log
in there.
As root I had to chmod this file. That's O.K.
After a reboot this file is not readable anymore for ordinary users... thats strange. Why does a reboot undo my chmod-command? The file is not re-created because I see history data from prior sessions.
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- Scott Hayes
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this is security feature. messages.log contains information that may be used to compromise your box if world readable.
use sudo and add required info to sudoers
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you don't have to change permissions to view the log files as an ordinary user, simply add them to the log group
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you don't have to change permissions to view the log files as an ordinary user, simply add them to the log group
I have to focus more on groups instead of changing file permissions, Okay, I'll adjust my mindset.
Somewhere between "too small" and "too large" lies the size that is just right.
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