[Gllug] Permissions on /var/log/messages

[Alistair Mann]

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Thus spaketh Neil Fryer on Monday 12 May 2003 12:29 pm:
> Hi All,
>
> I need to change the default permissions on /var/log/messages, and I did
> the usual chmod, etc, but then it seems this only lasts for a few minutes,
> so how can I set it so that the default permissions are readable by a user
> other than root?

On my machine, /var/log/messages is owned by group 'adm'. If you trust your 
user, you could add them into the adm group. 

$ usermod -G adm <user>

Note: man usermod, because the above also removes user from any other groups 
of which he is a member, except his initial group.

Or, you can have a look around to see who is resetting your permissions -- 
something in roots crontab, perhaps?

Cheers,
- -- 
Alistair

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