On Mon, 08 May 2017 16:50:42 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > As /var/log/messages is so determinedly accessible only to root, can > any log analyser ever work?
I've used logcheck and have /var/log/messages readable by it. -rw-r----- 1 root logcheck 811K May 9 08:46 /var/log/messages I have this in syslog-ng.conf options { [snip default stuff] #(Make log files group-readable by logcheck) group(logcheck); perm(0640); }; -- Neil Bothwick The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.
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