> "Adam" == Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Adam>
Adam> Back up this claim with more facts.
It may be useful for an admin to check:
- if somebody is trying to guess the password of an account (after
having seen it typed on a keyboard)
- if the lower limits imposed on passwo
> "Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Wichert>
Wichert> Actually I vaguely remember some documentation stating that
Wichert> it's probably a bad idea to have a btmp file. It would
Wichert> certainly be a place where password would be logged plaintest
Wichert> if a users
> "Adam" == Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Adam>
Adam> Why should this be provided by base2_2.tgz itself -- shouldn't it
Adam> be provided by base-files or something?
There is no particular reason. It's just that /var/log/wtmp is in
base2_2.tgz and does not belong to base-files
Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Actually I vaguely remember some documentation stating that it's probably
> a bad idea to have a btmp file. It would certainly be a place where password
> would be logged plaintest if a users enters a password instead of a
> username by accident.
Yea
Previously Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> laurent bonnaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > the base system in 2.2.15-2000-06-07/base2_2.tgz does contain /var/log/wtmp,
> > but it does not contain /var/log/btmp. Adding this file has two advantages:
> >
> > - it is probably better from a security point
laurent bonnaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> the base system in 2.2.15-2000-06-07/base2_2.tgz does contain /var/log/wtmp,
> but it does not contain /var/log/btmp. Adding this file has two advantages:
>
> - it is probably better from a security point of view
> - logrotate tries to rotate it (
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> severity 67118 wishlist
Bug#67118: base system does not contain /var/log/btmp
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Package: boot-floppies
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Hi,
the base system in 2.2.15-2000-06-07/base2_2.tgz does contain /var/log/wtmp,
but it does not contain /var/log/btmp. Adding this file has two advantages:
- it is probably better from a security point of view
- logrotate tries to rot
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