108395 – Syslog-ng needs to allow regular users to view /var/log/messages

Bug 108395 - Syslog-ng needs to allow regular users to view /var/log/messages

Summary: Syslog-ng needs to allow regular users to view /var/log/messages

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2005-10-07 08:42 UTC by Rouslan Solomakhin
Modified:	2005-10-07 09:41 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Rouslan Solomakhin 2005-10-07 08:42:14 UTC

As of now, syslog-ng sets permissions of /var/log/messages to 0640 (root:root),
which prohibits regular users from viewing this file. I propose that we put the
line "perm(0664);" inside of section "options" in file
/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge syslog-ng
2. /etc/init.d/syslog-ng start
3. tail -f /var/log/messsage
Actual Results:  
Permission denied to view the file.

Expected Results:  
I should be able to view the file.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-10-07 09:41:49 UTC

I have no idea why users should be allow to view syslog by default. If you need
it, then adjust the permissions yourself.