Date: 01 Nov 2003 11:05:20 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: billg <wg@roomformonkeys.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What Does the Install Put In /var/log/security? Message-ID: <44k76k3whr.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <1067649881.357.5.camel@roomformonkeys.com> References: <1067649881.357.5.camel@roomformonkeys.com>
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billg <wg@roomformonkeys.com> 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...]
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