[systemd-devel] Normal user can ask status of services

Andrei Borzenkov arvidjaar at gmail.com
Sat Aug 26 13:17:46 UTC 2023


On 26.08.2023 15:46, Michael Biebl wrote:
> 
> Reading system logs is a privileged operation.
> 

It is not about reading logs but about being able to "systemctl status 
some-system-unit"

> You can grant this privilege to individual users by adding them to the
> systemd-journal (or adm) group.
>

The question was how to prevent normal users from seeing system unit status.


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