From owner-freebsd-security Thu Oct 8 12:14:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA26585 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 12:14:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from castor2.freiepresse.de (castor2.freiepresse.de [194.25.232.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA26479 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 12:14:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from G.Sittig@abo.FreiePresse.DE) Received: from uncle.gsinet (ppp-pln183.freiepresse.de [194.25.234.183]) by castor2.freiepresse.de (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id VAA09656 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 21:06:30 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from uncle.gsinet (sittig@uncle.gsinet [192.168.11.131]) by uncle.gsinet (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA13973 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:15:28 +0200 Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:15:27 +0200 (MEST) From: Gerhard Sittig X-Sender: sittig@uncle.gsinet cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The necessary steps for logging (the problem is fixed) In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19981008015828.00feeec4@207.227.119.2> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote: > > 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. vipw and visudo are bubbling up. What about wrapping editor and check together for these config files using so strict a format? G.Sittig@abo.FreiePresse.DE -- If you don't understand or are scared by any of the above ask your parents or an adult to help you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message