[gentoo-dev] Re: [rfc] transition system loggers to 'adm' user/group
Steve Long wrote: >> maybe, but no one has this as the default behavior, so ... >> -mike > > Yeah, but it's still a good idea, as others have discussed. > Just wanted to apologise for my rudeness there- after all it was your proposal in the first place. Just been a bit strung out recently, so please excuse me. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-dev] Re: [rfc] transition system loggers to 'adm' user/group
Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Monday 01 January 2007 12:46, Mike Doty wrote: >> Mike Frysinger wrote: >> > how do people feel about transitioning the Gentoo standard system >> > logger >> > from running as root/root to adm/adm ? the latest version of sysklogd >> > includes some patches so that it can run as non-root and a user >> > requested we make this the default ... however, i certainly dont want >> > to start adding a different user/group for each system logger cause >> > that's wicked lame >> >> does syslog-ng and metalog have similar functionality? > > maybe, but no one has this as the default behavior, so ... > -mike Yeah, but it's still a good idea, as others have discussed. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-dev] Re: [rfc] transition system loggers to 'adm' user/group
Petteri Räty wrote: > Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò kirjoitti: >> It would be really nice, especially if the adm group could be used to be >> able >> to read the logs without using root login :) > Why not use the wheel group? adm is the standard unix group used to access system logs. there's a few good reasons you might want to give someone those permissions without full wheel access. -- by design, by neglect dirtyepic gentoo orgfor a fact or just for effect 9B81 6C9F E791 83BB 3AB3 5B2D E625 A073 8379 37E8 (0x837937E8) signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[gentoo-dev] Re: [rfc] transition system loggers to 'adm' user/group
Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò wrote: > It would be really nice, especially if the adm group could be used to be able > to read the logs without using root login :) ++ on that :) Greetz Jokey -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
