On Wed, 17 Jul 2013, Eric Smith wrote:
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 8:39 AM, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"
<johannbg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Allowing editing of log files is a pure security risk...
So is giving a sysadmin the root password, but we do it.
I generally make a copy of a log file and edit the copy, but I'd
oppose anything that took away the ability for log files to be edited.
Another reason why you might to edit the journal is when you have to keep
logs for a precise time for regulatory reasons. This isn't a problem
under the classic logging and rotation.
Michael Young
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