Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 13:30:33 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Todd Graham Lewis <tlewis@mindspring.com> Cc: lists-freebsd-hackers@matlock.mindspring.com Subject: Re: help: immutable files, logs Message-ID: <1614.837635433@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 17 Jul 1996 16:18:06 EDT." <Pine.LNX.3.91.960717161119.29076V-100000-100000-100000@reflections.mindspring.com>
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> We are looking at tidying up our log process, and we'd like to use the > immutable attribute to protect our log files. The problem, of course, is > that if a log file is immutable, then you can't write to it. Not necessarily - take a look at the man page for chflags. You can make a file append-only too (by either root only or any user). Tailor made for logfiles. Jordan
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