Access rights for system logs

[Matthias Runge]

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On 02/25/11 17:21, Till Maas wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 03:50:57PM +0100, Matej Cepl wrote:
>> Dne 25.2.2011 10:39, Mogens Kjaer napsal(a):
>>> create 640 root wheel
>>>
>>> to /etc/logrotate.d/syslog and have added bbuser to the wheel group.
>>>
>>> That file is owned by rsyslog in Fedora and sysklogd in RHEL.
>>
>> I am not sure whether wheel is the correct group ... I don't think we
>> should mix together two different things (who can use sudo, who can see
>> logs).
> 
> I like a special group just for accounts that should be able to read all
> log files, too, e.g. a group logread.
> 
> Regards
> Till
> 
That sounds good to me. Should we include a group "logwriter" or
"logger" for completeness?

Who is in charge to change this? ... which way do I/we have to go to
reach this aim? Is this just contacting rsyslog-maintainer to change
ownership? I suppose not.

Matthias
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