Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 19:37:51 +0200 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unified diff format in output of /etc/security? Message-ID: <20000810193750.U261@speedy.gsinet> In-Reply-To: <66312.965898475@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>; from sheldonh@uunet.co.za on Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 11:07:55AM %2B0200 References: <20000810091748.A7931@acc.umu.se> <66312.965898475@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>
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On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 11:07 +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
>
> On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 09:17:48 +0200, Markus Holmberg wrote:
>
> > Is there a reason to not have the diff output of
> > /etc/security to be of unified format?
>
> Yes; the output of a diff on setuid executables is less
> readable as a unified diff -- you get lots of meaningless lines
> of output.
Then what about a "diff -u $FILES | grep -v '^ '"? Or "diff -u
$FILES | grep '^[+-@]'"? (I guess the first fits better)
And what about "diff $DIFFOPT ..." with a setting at the script's
beginning? This will make those admins happy who find ed(1)
diffs "less readable". And it would make Markus' patch a one
line change. And it still leaves room for "diff style
categories" like suid/sgid files vs added users vs changed packet
filter rules vs anything you can think of. Some of these will
surely gain improvements in terms of readability this way.
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