On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 10:01:59AM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > 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). Okay, I think I got confused somehow; learned something. :) Cheers, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- 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
