Ben Collins wrote: > On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 08:32:47PM -0700, Robert Kerr wrote: > > When I type plog I get this: > > > > tail: /var/log/ppp.log: Permission denied > > > > the attributes for ppp.log are > > -rw-r----- 1 root adm 8305 Jan 14 20:38 /var/log/ppp.log > > > > What can I do to change this? > > You have to run plog as root. The reason that ppp.log isn't world > readable is that your ppp password is more than likely in the log file.
Hmmmm, my ppp.log file shows the same: ~$ ls -l /var/log/ppp.log -rw-r----- 1 root adm 848182 Jan 14 16:04 /var/log/ppp.log And as a regular user gives me this: ~$ plog Jan 14 16:03:25 crossyourfingers pppd[772]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x76 magic=0x3f1d] Jan 14 16:03:25 crossyourfingers pppd[772]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x76 magic=0x6581af77] Jan 14 16:03:55 crossyourfingers pppd[772]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x77 magic=0x3f1d] Jan 14 16:03:55 crossyourfingers pppd[772]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x77 magic=0x6581af77] Jan 14 16:04:25 crossyourfingers pppd[772]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x78 magic=0x3f1d] Jan 14 16:04:25 crossyourfingers pppd[772]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x78 magic=0x6581af77] Jan 14 16:04:55 crossyourfingers pppd[772]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x79 magic=0x3f1d] Jan 14 16:04:55 crossyourfingers pppd[772]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x79 magic=0x6581af77] Jan 14 16:05:25 crossyourfingers pppd[772]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x7a magic=0x3f1d] Jan 14 16:05:25 crossyourfingers pppd[772]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x7a magic=0x6581af77] I looked at the file /var/log/ppp.log itself as a regular user using "cat" and found my password there. So if I don't have to use plog as root do I have a security problem? I'm confused. Thanks, Kent
