Debian user mail writes: > > Any more examples of why this could be a security hole? > > I'm not sure why it is or isn't a security hole, but I think it might be a > change in the new(er) version of sysklogd. I upgraded that package > yesterday, and manually rotated my logs today, and voila! I could no > longer tail -f my logs. Bummer.
I don't like public readable logfiles that *can* contain confidential information. e.g. sendmail logs to that file who has sent a mail to whom. I believe this *is* confidential. If you don't think so, edit /etc/cron.weekly/sysklogd and make a manual chmod. Regards Joey -- / Martin Schulze * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * 26129 Oldenburg / / http://home.pages.de/~joey/ / Eine Kette ist nur so stark wie ihr schwächstes Glied / -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .