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Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 11:59:07 -0500
Subject: Re: What Does the Install Put In /var/log/security?
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On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 11:05, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> billg <wg@roomformonkeys.com> writes:
> 
> > ...Before enabling firewall logging, I
> > thought I noticed that /var/log/security was a binary file.

> 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...]

True. In this case, it was "less" interpreting it as a binary file and
asking if I still wanted to look at it.