Am 17.07.2013 21:15, schrieb Joe Zeff: > On 07/17/2013 11:18 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> i did: "otherwise my /var/log/maillog on my workstation would not have 644" >> this is "logrotaded" - logrotate keeps the permissions/owner/group if >> not specified like below (which is my own config-piece) >> >> /var/log/scriptlog { >> missingok >> notifempty >> size 30k >> create 0644 root root >> } > > I'm the only person who ever uses my laptop. If I wanted, then, I could use this to make /var/log/messages world > readable for convenience. No, I'm not going to do it because unless I do it to all of my machines it's too > confusing to remember which ones I've done it to and which I haven't, and I don't think it's a good idea in > general. (If nothing else, needing root access to read that file reminds you that what you're doing is "admin > stuff," not normal user things.) this is a very very bad reminder because you do not all day long "cat /var/log/messages" PS1="\[\033[1;31m\][\u@\h:\w]$\[\033[0m\] in your /root/.basrc leading to a red prompt is a much better one
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