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SSH/SCP Log File transfer

I'm having difficulties transfering my logs off my ASL box. If I login with 'loginuser' on the ASL box with WinSCP and attempt to copy the entire /var/log folder, I get an 'Access Denied' message. Since I can't su root in WinSCP and don't want to allow root SSH access, what are my options? Can I chmod all the logs to read public or are there other implications with that?

And help would be appreciated.

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0 BarryG over 21 years ago

You could copy or tar/bzip it up as root, and put it in /tmp, and chmod it as readable.

Make sure you don't completely fill up the /tmp partition.

Barry
- 0 shultzm over 21 years ago in reply to BarryG
  
  Good idea, thanks. I can't believe I call myself an admin and didn't think of that myself.
  - 0 JohnV over 20 years ago in reply to shultzm
    
    Here's a solution that will let you download the log files anytime without having to use tar.
    
    Make sure that ssh is enabled
    Login as loginuser
    su -
    usermod -G log loginuser
    exit
    exit
    
    loginuser will now be a member of the "log" group which has read & write permissions to the log files. Of course, you need to consider the security problem this creates as anyone who obtains the loginuser password can hide his trail. Consider turning off ssh when not needed to provide a counterbalance.