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On 2009-07-28T08:32:23+00:00 Rgerhards-j wrote:

Currently, rsyslog can not read the kernel log once it has dropped
privileges.

There has been an interesting note on the Ubuntu bug tracker [1] which
recommends using linux capabilities and CAP_SYS_ADMIN in particular.
Thanks to Michael Biebl for making me aware of that posting. I've dug a
bit and found a good entry article [2] that convinced me this is a good
solution. I just don't have the time to do it now, but hopefully within
the next two month.


[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/rsyslog/+bug/388608/comments/9
[2] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5737

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On 2009-11-12T13:49:49+00:00 Rgerhards-j wrote:

Further discussion with the Ubuntu folks made me know that they don't
consider it a good idea, because that capability sill has a lot of
power. Still I find it a useful addition, but I demote its priority.
Something to be done when not much more is left ;)

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