Hi all! Need your help in solving the problem: Unexpected file opening error: "Failed opening /mnt/var/log/auth.log: open /mnt/var/log/auth.log: permission denied" My environment: docker-compose filebeat:8.7.0 user and group of auth.log is syslog:adm What have I already tried: command: ["--s…

So, in this case, I decided to go the simplest way: sudo chmod o+r /var/log/auth.log (in the system, not in the container) And it works :clinking_glasses: I don’t know how correct this option is in terms of interfering with the security of the system, but the main thing for me now is that I can …

Filebeat: permission denied

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y34rz3r0 April 25, 2023, 4:23pm 6

Thank you! I'll take a look at the docs and post the solution as soon as I figure it out.

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Filebeat: permission denied

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