Once upon a time, Bryn M. Reeves <bmr@xxxxxxxxxx> said: > On 07/17/2013 03:47 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > I thought changing the permission on /var/log/messages will cause > > problems with syslog, no? > > Maybe you are thinking of logrotate? If you make changes by hand these > will be undone when the logs are rotated if the configuration differs > from the file system. Again, nope, at least for common log files. logrotate copies the current ownership/permissions to the new files, unless otherwise configured (and only a few files have that set in the default config; they probably shouldn't either). -- Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx> -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
