Re: Errors in DMESG After System Update

[Tim]

On Tue, 2025-03-18 at 08:43 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote:
> Thanks Todd, it's been quite a while since I've used DMESG, but I don't 
> remember ever having to use sudo with it, nor do I remember ever seeing 
> the message about kernel buffer access being denied, but it just means I 
> will now have to always remember to use sudo with it. Although logically 
> it doesn't make sense to me, it is only a read so what damage can a read 
> do, but then there are also folders under /etc that you can't issue an 
> LS against without sudo, so I guess it's just the same thing.

It didn't need sudo in the past, but now it does.  So you are
remembering correctly.

Supposedly, it could show an ordinary user something they shouldn't
know, hence the increased security, now.