From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 1 08:05:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F38BB16A4CE for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 08:05:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [66.30.200.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 490DA43FA3 for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 08:05:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id D6F903AB7; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 11:05:20 -0500 (EST) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: billg References: <1067649881.357.5.camel@roomformonkeys.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 01 Nov 2003 11:05:20 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1067649881.357.5.camel@roomformonkeys.com> Message-ID: <44k76k3whr.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 12 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What Does the Install Put In /var/log/security? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 16:05:22 -0000 billg writes: > I've been playing with a new install of 4.8-release (now 4.9-stable). > I've set up a simple ipfw firewall. Before enabling firewall logging, I > thought I noticed that /var/log/security was a binary file. > > Is that right? What is installed there by default? Thanks. It should probably be created as an empty file. [But remember that there's no clear distinction between a "binary" and a "text" file under Unix, except as you decide to interpret it...]