The default script that runs clamscan over a goodly portion of the system on a daily basis is haveing cron send messages to /var/spool/mail/mail, so I changed perms on that file so kmail could fetch it from the local mail box and set kmail up to do that.

I find I had about 125k worth of messages because the scripts I copied over from the old drive aren't quite compatible with this install.

I have fought tooth and nail with the system and it blanket denial of my ability to read a log file unless I either play with the parent locations ownership and permissions, so much so that I create in my home dir, a log subdir so that all these utilities could both write a log file and I could read it.

I am eventually going to have to create some logrotate entries to handle maintenance on these log files, but at least I can read them.

Which is the preferred method of dealing with this, my way, or hacking up owners and permissions all over the /var/log tree?

Thanks.

Cheers, Gene Heskett