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Allow non-root User to access syslog/dmesg
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dmesg_restrict.mkd 
$ dmesg
dmesg: read kernel buffer failed: Operation not permitted
$ sudo sysctl -w kernel.dmesg_restrict=0
$ dmesg
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If you want to make this change persistent, you need to edit /etc/sysctl.d/10-kernel-hardening.conf (on Ubuntu 22.10 at least)

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