Is changing system default log files secure?

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Issue

  • I want to change the system default log file permission to 644. Is it secure by achieving this?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • rsyslog
  • umask

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