It is also important to remember not to chown log files. If you do this you could run into problems. The proccess that writes the file may not be able too.
>From: Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: world readable log files and /etc/ files >Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 21:06:35 +0200 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from murphy.debian.org ([65.125.64.134]) by hotmail.com with >Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.4905); Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:10:17 -0700 >Received: (qmail 10946 invoked by uid 38); 28 Apr 2002 19:06:45 -0000 >Received: (qmail 10906 invoked from network); 28 Apr 2002 19:06:43 -0000 >Received: from cabal.xs4all.nl (HELO mx1.wiggy.net) >(?bLeNwgFcs5FDRoEhD37OqQvyE0lahofl?@213.84.101.140) by murphy.debian.org >with SMTP; 28 Apr 2002 19:06:43 -0000 >Received: from wichert by mx1.wiggy.net with local (Exim 3.35 #1 >(Debian))id 171u0J-0003Ux-00for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sun, 28 >Apr 2002 21:06:35 +0200 >X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Mail-Followup-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i >Resent-Message-ID: <FRsfk.A.0qC.FhEz8@murphy> >Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailing-List: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archive/latest/7034 >X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=help> >List-Subscribe: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=subscribe> >List-Unsubscribe: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe> >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Apr 2002 19:10:18.0777 (UTC) >FILETIME=[561ED890:01C1EEE8] > >Previously Ian Cumming wrote: > > I was quite alarmed. There seem to be many files with world readable > > permissions, which _shouldnt_. > >If you don't trust your local users on a server you have a different >problem imho. > > > What is the policy for log files? I understand that it doesnt do _that_ > > much harm allowing others to read, but it does disclose more than I want > > to reveal. > >World-readable except for files with sensitive information. > >Wichert. > >-- > _________________________________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] This space intentionally left occupied \ >| [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.liacs.nl/~wichert/ | >| 1024D/2FA3BC2D 576E 100B 518D 2F16 36B0 2805 3CB8 9250 2FA3 BC2D | > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >[EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
