Permissions on /var/log/ files

[Ed Greshko]

On 07/17/13 22:27, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Ed Greshko wrote:
>
>> Heck, you could always make your sudo password less and you could always
>> assign the frequently used commands aliases.
> I guess my question should have been:
> Will it cause any problems if I change the permissions on these files?
> Is there any program that won't work if you do this,
> as is true eg of some .ssh and pki files?
>

But why bother?  You can't be assured that some update or process won't go about changing them back on you.  Then, you'll be scratching your head again. 

Does the cron job to roll log files reset things?  Don't know...and I don't want to care.

I prefer solutions that don't require changing things over which you don't or may not have absolute control.

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