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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
References: <24385.901543204@iafrica.com> <199808020407.WAA05970@pencil-box.village.org>
From: Julian Assange <proff@iq.org>
Date: 04 Aug 1998 00:39:42 +1000
In-Reply-To: "M. Warner Losh"'s message of "Sat, 01 Aug 1998 22:07:33 -0600"
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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.

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