From owner-freebsd-security Thu Oct 8 00:12:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA09058 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 00:12:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from peak.mountin.net ([207.227.119.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA08983 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 00:12:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jeff-ml@mountin.net) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by peak.mountin.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) id CAA25151; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 02:12:07 -0500 (CDT) Received: from harkol-108.isdn.mke.execpc.com(169.207.64.236) by peak.mountin.net via smap (V1.3) id sma025149; Thu Oct 8 02:11:46 1998 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19981008015828.00feeec4@207.227.119.2> X-Sender: jeff-ml@207.227.119.2 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 01:58:28 -0500 To: Brett Glass From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" Subject: Re: The necessary steps for logging (the problem is fixed) Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981007131531.0408a100@mail.lariat.org> References: <4.1.19981006213234.04cd1600@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 01:16 PM 10/7/98 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: >>You have to examine the structure of the data in any config file >>before deciding which characters are legal separators. > >That's a problem. What's more, in an editor, tabs look like spaces >unless you display them as special characters (which ruins the >columnization and makes editing hard). So, you're damned if you turn >on the special display mode and damned if you don't. Displaying ^I is ugly, isn't it. Replacing or highlighting (like ^M in less) are equally an eyesore. You could: less /etc/syslog.conf /^I Quick way to check without much work, but a check is still better. Jeff Mountin - Unix Systems TCP/IP networking jeff@mountin.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message