Date: 04 Aug 1998 00:39:42 +1000 From: Julian Assange <proff@iq.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com>, "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: files in /var/log Message-ID: <wxlnp6m8nl.fsf@polysynaptic.iq.org> In-Reply-To: "M. Warner Losh"'s message of "Sat, 01 Aug 1998 22:07:33 -0600" References: <24385.901543204@iafrica.com> <199808020407.WAA05970@pencil-box.village.org>
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"M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org> writes: > 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 Yes, particularly you. Cheers, Julian. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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