Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:48:22 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Andrew Reilly <areilly@bigpond.net.au> Cc: bugs@bugs.au.freebsd.org Subject: Re: [bugs] Misleading security message output Message-ID: <20050417074822.GU89047@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20050414030436.GA96739@gurney.reilly.home> References: <20050414030436.GA96739@gurney.reilly.home>
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On Thu, 2005-Apr-14 13:04:36 +1000, Andrew Reilly wrote: [Unexpected failed login reports in security messages] > >After much hunting around, and checking perimeter logs, it >turned out that nothing of the sort had happened. The security >log script had been fooled by the age of the messages.0.gz file, >which contained messages from more than a year ago. I was bitten at home and worked out what happened. So when the same problem showed up at work, I knew what had happened. > It can be worked-around by forcing faster log-file rotations, That's the solution I used. -- Peter Jeremy
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