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Date:      Sat, 01 Aug 1998 22:07:33 -0600
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com>
Cc:        "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: files in /var/log 
Message-ID:  <199808020407.WAA05970@pencil-box.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 27 Jul 1998 14:40:04 %2B0200." <24385.901543204@iafrica.com> 
References:  <24385.901543204@iafrica.com>  

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In message <24385.901543204@iafrica.com> Sheldon Hearn writes:
: By the same token, what _don't_ you want your users to see? As a
: non-administrative user on several FreeBSD systems, I would be most
: disappointed if my read access to maillog and messages were revoked.

Privacy conerns would be a big reason to keep maillog non-readable.  I
know my wife would go non-linear if just anybody on the system could
see who she sent mail to or received mail from....

Warner

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