Re: dmesg restricted to root in Rawhide

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On Wed, Feb 28, 2024, at 6:45 AM, Peter Robinson wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2024 at 13:38, Barry Scott <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On 28 Feb 2024, at 10:24, Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> You can restore the original behavior by using:
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>>    # sysctl kernel.dmesg_restrict=0
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>> However, be aware of the security consequences ;-)
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>> Given I can get the same information from journalctl -k what is the improvement?
>
> I believe you need to be in the wheel group to get that info from 
> journalctl

I'm in the wheel group as is everyone else by default installing Fedora. A vast majority of Fedora users have this peculiar UX where `journalctl -k` not not require `sudo` but `dmesg` does require it. I think that's annoying and weird.


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