From owner-freebsd-security Tue Nov 10 07:09:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA03184 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 07:09:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.webspan.net (mail.webspan.net [206.154.70.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA03177 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 07:09:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from opsys@mail.webspan.net) Received: from orion.webspan.net (orion.webspan.net [206.154.70.5]) by mail.webspan.net (WEBSPAN/970608) with SMTP id JAA07846; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 09:21:03 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 09:21:02 -0500 (EST) From: Open Systems Networking X-Sender: opsys@orion.webspan.net To: Barrett Richardson cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: chflags on log files question In-Reply-To: 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 Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Barrett Richardson wrote: > > Maybe syslog is opening the file read/write and then positioning > the file pointer at the end. That will fail when the uappnd flag is > set (it must be opened for append). Hadn't thought about it. But I just installed the flags yesterday. And the file has not been written to since the 3rd. So I have some other problem I ned to figure out. But im glad you mentioned it. It says uappnd is the user append flag. since the file is owned by root syslog should be able to write to it. Hmm Chris -- "You both seem to be ignoring the fact that the networking market is driven by so-called 'IT professionals' these days, most of whom can't tell the difference between an ARP and a carp." --Wes Peters ===================================| Open Systems FreeBSD Consulting. FreeBSD 3.0 is available now! | Phone: (402)573-9124 / ICQ # 20016186 -----------------------------------| 3335 N. 103 Plaza, Omaha, NE 68134 FreeBSD: The power to serve! | E-Mail: opsys@open-systems.net http://www.freebsd.org | Consulting, Network Engineering, Security ===================================| http://open-systems.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message