[arch-general] Making logs readable by other user than root

[Alessandro Doro]

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 09:54:08AM +0100, Magnus Therning wrote:
> waldek wrote:
>> Dnia sobota 13 czerwiec 2009 o 09:50:47 Thomas Bächler napisał(a):
>>> Magnus Therning schrieb:
>>>> Is there a good HOWTO on making syslog-ng create files with owner:group
>>>> other than root:root?  I'd like to make it possible for some users to
>>>> read the logs in /var/log.
>>>>
>>>> Any good suggestion for an already existing group to use?  I was
>>>> thinking of either log or wheel, any thoughts?
>>> syslog-ng uses root:log in its default configuration. If it doesn't
>>> check /etc/syslog-ng.conf.pacnew and see if the log group exists for you.
>>
>> interesting, it did not work for me. in the /etc/syslog-ng.conf there was:
>>
>> group("log");
>>
>> and syslog-ng ignored this setting, I changed it to:
>>
>> group(19);
>>
>> as specified in the man page and it works fine now.
>
> Yes, same here.  There should be a bug raised I guess.  If no one beats 
> me to it I'll raise on tonight.
>
Works here. Remember to log out and relogin; see the output of 'groups'.