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: debian-security@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: world readable log files and /etc/
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 12:43:15PM +0200, Lupe Christoph wrote:
> On Monday, 2002-04-29 at 02:40:57 +1000, Ian Cumming wrote:
>
> > I was just cleaning up after rebuilding a machine, and I decided to take
> > a look at the log file and /etc permissions.
> > [...]
> > /etc/smb/smb.conf
>
> This on
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/ f
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 12:43:15PM +0200, Lupe Christoph wrote:
> On Monday, 2002-04-29 at 02:40:57 +1000, Ian Cumming wrote:
>
> > I was just cleaning up after rebuilding a machine, and I decided to take
> > a look at the log file and /etc permissions.
> > [...]
> > /etc/smb/smb.conf
>
> This o
On Monday, 2002-04-29 at 02:40:57 +1000, Ian Cumming wrote:
> I was just cleaning up after rebuilding a machine, and I decided to take
> a look at the log file and /etc permissions.
Which release? Woody?
> I was quite alarmed. There seem to be many files with world readable
> permissions, which
On Monday, 2002-04-29 at 02:40:57 +1000, Ian Cumming wrote:
> I was just cleaning up after rebuilding a machine, and I decided to take
> a look at the log file and /etc permissions.
Which release? Woody?
> I was quite alarmed. There seem to be many files with world readable
> permissions, which
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
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_
> muc
Hi,
I was just cleaning up after rebuilding a machine, and I decided to take
a look at the log file and /etc permissions.
I was quite alarmed. There seem to be many files with world readable
permissions, which _shouldnt_.
ie:
/var/log/xfer.log
/var/log/samba/*
/var/log/mailman/*
and in /etc:
/e
Hi,
I was just cleaning up after rebuilding a machine, and I decided to take
a look at the log file and /etc permissions.
I was quite alarmed. There seem to be many files with world readable
permissions, which _shouldnt_.
ie:
/var/log/xfer.log
/var/log/samba/*
/var/log/mailman/*
and in /etc:
/
10 matches
Mail list logo
