Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 20:53:21 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot <fbsd-q@bzerk.org> To: Dru <dlavigne6@cogeco.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: chflags and sappnd Message-ID: <20020721205321.A1713@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <20020721114508.X14061-100000@x1-6-00-80-c8-3a-b8-46.kico2.on.cogeco.ca>; from dlavigne6@cogeco.ca on Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 11:48:11AM -0400 References: <20020721114508.X14061-100000@x1-6-00-80-c8-3a-b8-46.kico2.on.cogeco.ca>
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On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 11:48:11AM -0400, Dru typed: > > If I'm understanding the manpage correctly, > > chflags sappnd /var/log/* > > sounds like a good thing to do. > > Any comments or caveats on this? In some situations yes, but not in general: - newsyslog or other logrotating (and gzipping) utilities will no longer work. - anyone who can mess with the logfiles must allready be root, so unless your securelevel >0 they can just remove the flag, change the logs and put the flag back up. > > Dru > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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