topic Re: Create group with read access to log files in Operating System - Linux

Create group with read access to log files

Adithyan — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:48:49 GMT

Friends,

I would like to create a 5 member group which should have read only access to all the system logs (/var/log/messages..etc)

How do I do this. I could see by default the /var/log/message has a permission of 600.

Please help.

Regds...Adi.

Re: Create group with read access to log files

Ivan Ferreira — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:13:26 GMT

You could use sudo to allow the more/less/cat/grep/head/tail commands specifically for the /var/log/messages file.

Re: Create group with read access to log files

Adithyan — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:33:04 GMT

Hi Evan, thannks for the prompt reply. I have a series of other log files also to be given the same thing like apps logs. Could you give me a sample procedure, how to do it with sudo?

Thanks,
Adi.

Re: Create group with read access to log files

dirk dierickx — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:18:47 GMT

http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo/intro.html

Re: Create group with read access to log files

Dennis Handly — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:16:42 GMT

>How do I do this? I could see by default the /var/log/message has a permission of 600.

You would have to change the group of the files and /var/log/message to your new group and add group read (and execute for that directory).