Bug#484498: honeyd: fails to open logfile due to permissions

2008-11-23 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 09:32:51PM +0930, Nick Manser wrote: > A quick-fix is to make the /var/log/honeypot worldwide accessible using > chmod command; however, this seems to violate the security of the honeyd > installation. The logfile and honeypot/ directory should be accessible > by the hone

Bug#484498: honeyd: fails to open logfile due to permissions

2008-06-04 Thread Nick Manser
Package: honeyd Version: 1.5b-1 Severity: important The initialisation script for honeyd (/etc/init.d/honeyd) specifies the uid and gid of the honeyd user to use when running the daemon. Examining the /var/log/syslog file shows that the process is demoted to run as the nobody user which subseq