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On Mon, 08 May 2017 16:50:42 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> As /var/log/messages is so determinedly accessible only to root, can |
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> any log analyser ever work? |
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I've used logcheck and have /var/log/messages readable by it. |
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-rw-r----- 1 root logcheck 811K May 9 08:46 /var/log/messages |
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I have this in syslog-ng.conf |
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options { |
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[snip default stuff] |
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#(Make log files group-readable by logcheck) |
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group(logcheck); |
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perm(0640); |
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}; |
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Neil Bothwick |
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The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody |
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appreciates how difficult it was. |
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