Why is `/var/log/cron` is world readable in RHEL7 ?

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Issue

  • Why is /var/log/cron by default world readable in RHEL7? Is this intended? If so, why?
  • In difference to that /var/log/messages is not world readable, even /var/log/messages is not world readable, but /var/log/cron.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • cron

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