User access to /var/log/messages

[robin_listas]

On 2012-09-13 23:36, nrickert wrote:
>
> I add myself to the root group for this. Personally, I think the
> permissions should be more permissive, but I do what is needed to live
> with what we have.

No, I do not think they should be more permissive. That's something you can do on your own
system under your responsibility, but not as a general rule for everybody's system.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 "Asparagus" at Telcontar)

[please_try_again]

I add myself to the root group for this. Personally, I think the permissions should be more permissive, but I do what is needed to live with what we have.

ArchLinux has a log group for this. As a user, you would just need to add yourself to the log group.