You can prevent unprivileged users from viewing the dmesg
logs on Linux by using the following steps:
- Edit the sysctl configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf
- Add the following line to the end of the file:
kernel.dmesg_restrict = 1
- Save and close the file.
- Reload the sysctl configuration:
sudo sysctl -p
After these steps, unprivileged users will no longer be able to view the dmesg
logs, as the dmesg_restrict
flag will restrict access to it.
Note: Only the root user or users with the CAP_SYSLOG
capability will be able to view the dmesg
logs.