On Wed, 9 Jul 1997 12:44:03 -0400 (EDT), Will Lowe wrote: >On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Joey Hess wrote: > >> I've got sysklogd 1.3-17 and it's made /var/log/messages no longer be world >> readable. Is there some security problem with letting any user read it? > >/var/log/messages can also find my login and password for my ISP (in my >case, my university).
Not if you enclose the password in '/q' like the standard /etc/ppp.chatscript does. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Elite MicroComputers 908-541-4214 http://www.psychosis.com/emc/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
