On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 04:50:27PM +1100, Ian wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a slink->potato->woody server, and I am a little concerned about the
>permissions some of the log files in /var/log have.
>
> There are too many to list, but here are some:
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8232348 Nov 3 06:43 tripwire
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10152 Nov 3 14:49 wdm.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 3 06:26 mysql.err
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root adm 0 Oct 29 06:47 cfingerd.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8483 Oct 22 12:42 dmesg
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 320908 Nov 3 16:43 lastlog
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 947139 Nov 3 16:36 nmb
>
> why are these files read by all? I have "normal" users on my system, and although I
>trust them, these kinds of permissions make me feel a little paranoid. ie: they could
>be used by someone to investigate system use, etc..
Hi,
I have a slink->potato and eventualy I discovered that /var/log/ppp.log was also
-rw-r--r--
Inside this file, you can se my ISP password in text only! Any user could see it...
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