[Bug 1952353] Re: dmesg: read kernel buffer failed: Operation not permitted

[jglen490]

Interesting that this was supposed to have been incorporated into
Ubuntu, and therefore all the *buntu flavors since the end of 2021.
Well, up until this evening (28 May 2024) i have been able the simply
use dmesg, without sudo, in every Kubuntu distro I've used since then
and of course before then.  And also of course, Kubuntu IS Ubuntu with
just a few different sparkly parts on UI end of things.

Well, if you all believe that limiting dmesg to only use with sudo is
somehow more secure, then O.K.  I'm just surprised that it took this
long to be implemented.

Have a great day!!

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Title:
  dmesg: read kernel buffer failed: Operation not permitted

Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Run /bin/dmesg, get:

      dmesg: read kernel buffer failed: Operation not permitted

  sudo dmesg works, but I should not have to do that.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
  Package: util-linux 2.36.1-8ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-21.21-generic 5.13.18
  Uname: Linux 5.13.0-21-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Thu Nov 25 11:13:58 2021
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   SHELL=/bin/tcsh
  SourcePackage: util-linux
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-11-21 (3 days ago)

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