On Tue, 2025-03-18 at 08:43 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote: > Thanks Todd, it's been quite a while since I've used DMESG, but I don't > remember ever having to use sudo with it, nor do I remember ever seeing > the message about kernel buffer access being denied, but it just means I > will now have to always remember to use sudo with it. Although logically > it doesn't make sense to me, it is only a read so what damage can a read > do, but then there are also folders under /etc that you can't issue an > LS against without sudo, so I guess it's just the same thing.
It didn't need sudo in the past, but now it does. So you are remembering correctly. Supposedly, it could show an ordinary user something they shouldn't know, hence the increased security, now. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 4 14:43:51 UTC 2024 x86_64 Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
