Thanks for your help. Now the ppp.log is ok. But, I did't change anything in the default configuration of ppp. I just used 'pppconfig' to create my connection to ISP. Why was /var/log/ppp.log logging the password and also readable by everyone in the default configuration? I think that's a security hazard... (I noticed this only in 'slink')
On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 07:54:15AM -0500, Chester Hosey wrote: > The hide-password option in /etc/ppp/options should take care of that. > > Although I thought hide-password was default, make sure there is no > show-password option specified. > > su to root, then try: > cd /etc/ppp > egrep -r "\-password" . > > to find any relevant settings. > > HTH. > > -chet > > ----- > yet he has sorcery > > On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote: > > > 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... > > > >
