[arch-general] Making logs readable by other user than root

[Thomas Bächler]

Magnus Therning schrieb:
> Is there a good HOWTO on making syslog-ng create files with owner:group 
> other than root:root?  I'd like to make it possible for some users to 
> read the logs in /var/log.
> 
> Any good suggestion for an already existing group to use?  I was 
> thinking of either log or wheel, any thoughts?

syslog-ng uses root:log in its default configuration. If it doesn't 
check /etc/syslog-ng.conf.pacnew and see if the log group exists for you.

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