From owner-freebsd-security Sun Aug 2 20:53:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA20056 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Sun, 2 Aug 1998 20:53:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA20033 for ; Sun, 2 Aug 1998 20:53:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@village.org) Received: from pencil-box.village.org [10.0.0.22] by rover.village.org with esmtp (Exim 1.71 #1) id 0z3BgH-0005st-00; Sun, 2 Aug 1998 21:53:05 -0600 Received: from pencil-box.village.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pencil-box.village.org (8.8.8/8.8.3) with ESMTP id WAA05970; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 22:07:33 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199808020407.WAA05970@pencil-box.village.org> To: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: files in /var/log Cc: "Jan B. Koum " , security@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 27 Jul 1998 14:40:04 +0200." <24385.901543204@iafrica.com> References: <24385.901543204@iafrica.com> Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1998 22:07:33 -0600 From: "M. Warner Losh" Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message