Re: /var/log/messages permissions in 4.2

2007-12-06 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 07:05:07AM -0500, Nick Holland wrote: > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 02:30:28PM -0800, Bryan Irvine wrote: > >> > What would be the rationale for 640? ;) > >> > >> Well according to cvs log: > >> "it can be easily changed if you like it another way. m

Re: /var/log/messages permissions in 4.2

2007-12-06 Thread Nick Holland
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 02:30:28PM -0800, Bryan Irvine wrote: >> > What would be the rationale for 640? ;) >> >> Well according to cvs log: >> "it can be easily changed if you like it another way. millert," >> >> So I guess one rationale might be as simple as "because"

Re: /var/log/messages permissions in 4.2

2007-12-05 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 02:30:28PM -0800, Bryan Irvine wrote: > > What would be the rationale for 640? ;) > > Well according to cvs log: > "it can be easily changed if you like it another way. millert," > > So I guess one rationale might be as simple as "because" ;) > Does anything get posted

Re: /var/log/messages permissions in 4.2

2007-12-04 Thread Bryan Irvine
> What would be the rationale for 640? ;) Well according to cvs log: "it can be easily changed if you like it another way. millert," So I guess one rationale might be as simple as "because" ;) -B

Re: /var/log/messages permissions in 4.2

2007-12-04 Thread Constantine A. Murenin
On 04/12/2007, Constantine A. Murenin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 04/12/2007, Lars Noodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm noticing that the messages log seems to be world readable in 4.2 > > e.g. > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1801 Dec 4 17:51 messages > > > > What's up wit

Re: /var/log/messages permissions in 4.2

2007-12-04 Thread Constantine A. Murenin
On 04/12/2007, Lars Noodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm noticing that the messages log seems to be world readable in 4.2 > e.g. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1801 Dec 4 17:51 messages > > What's up with that? Shouldn't it be set to 640? If not what is the > rationale for 644

/var/log/messages permissions in 4.2

2007-12-04 Thread Lars Noodén
I'm noticing that the messages log seems to be world readable in 4.2 e.g. -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1801 Dec 4 17:51 messages What's up with that? Shouldn't it be set to 640? If not what is the rationale for 644? -Lars