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Date:      Wed, 06 Sep 1995 21:30:09 -0700
From:      Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com>
To:        Bill Trost <trost@cloud.rain.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: syslogd as root? 
Message-ID:  <199509070430.VAA00899@precipice.shockwave.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 06 Sep 1995 20:10:23 PDT." <m0sqXM7-00004yC@cloud.rain.com> 

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  From: Bill Trost <trost@cloud.rain.com>
  Subject: syslogd as root?

  So -- why do I want syslogd to be capable of completely filling the disk?

So that syslogd can continue to warn you of security or other critical
problems (like your disk is full) after a user has filled up the disk to
hose over your logs.

It's certainly possible to protect syslogd from spamming, which is an
orthoganal issue left up to the administration of an individual site.



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