Bug#67118: base system does not contain /var/log/btmp

2000-07-18 Thread Laurent Bonnaud
> "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

Bug#67118: base system does not contain /var/log/btmp

2000-07-18 Thread Laurent Bonnaud
> "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

Bug#67118: base system does not contain /var/log/btmp

2000-07-18 Thread Laurent Bonnaud
> "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

Bug#67118: base system does not contain /var/log/btmp

2000-07-17 Thread Adam Di Carlo
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

Bug#67118: base system does not contain /var/log/btmp

2000-07-17 Thread Wichert Akkerman
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

Bug#67118: base system does not contain /var/log/btmp

2000-07-15 Thread Adam Di Carlo
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 (

Processed: this is wishlist Re: Bug#67118: base system does not contain /var/log/btmp

2000-07-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#67118: base system does not contain /var/log/btmp

2000-07-12 Thread laurent bonnaud
Package: boot-floppies Version: 2.2.15 Severity: normal 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