On 10/31/2011 09:43 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Monday 31 Oct 2011 12:27:56 Thomas Moschny wrote:
> 2011/10/31 Patrick Boutilier<boutilpj(a)ednet.ns.ca>:
>> [...]
>> setfacl -R -m u:$user:r /var/log/
>> setfacl -d -R -m u:$user:r /var/log/
>
> You also need to set x bits (note capital X):
> setfacl -R -m u:$user:rX /var/log/
> setfacl -d -R -m u:$user:rX /var/log/
>
[root@borg2 ~]# setfacl -R -m u:anne:rX /var/log/
[root@borg2 ~]# setfacl -d -R -m u:anne:rX /var/log/
[root@borg2 ~]#> tail /var/log/dmesg
-bash: /var/log/dmesg: Permission denied
Hmm - am I missing something?
Anne
As root what does ls -l /var/log/dmesg show?