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dmesg: read kernel buffer failed: Permission denied

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Since recently Debian has changed the default behavior for dmesg and I cannot use it simply from my local user. % dmesg dmesg: read kernel buffer failed: Operation not permitted Same goes for: % cat /dev/kmsg cat: /dev/kmsg: Operation not permitted Starring at the bug tracker this lead to: * dmesg: read kernel buffer failed: Operation not permitted How do I change this behavior back to the previous one, where local user are allowed to use dmesg. I could not find a particular group for it (eg. sudoers or something like that).
Asked by malat (3429 rep)
Sep 4, 2017, 05:43 AM
Last activity: Mar 26, 2024, 06:09 PM