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Date:      Fri, 8 Aug 1997 17:55:39 +1000 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@sunyit.edu>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: log access files?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970808175341.242H-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970808020800.2156B-100000@server.local.sunyit.edu>

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On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> What would be a good way to keep the files:
> /var/log/messages*.*
> 
> readable only by certain users? just incase someone types thier password
> at the login prompt i don't want those files public...

man newsyslog(8) and vi /etc/newsyslog.conf

Danny



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