Re: ppp.log

[Tomasz Wegrzanowski <maniek@beer.com>]

On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 10:13:08AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Tomasz Wegrzanowski writes:
> > Maybe we will make this file world-readable or group dip.  It would solve
> > the entire problem once and for all.
> 
> And create a security hole.  /var/log/ppp.log can contain passwords.  It is
> restricted for good reason.
> 
> What is needed is a 'plog' that parses /var/log/ppp.log and shows the user
> only what the user needs to see.

plog means 'tail $* /var/log/ppp.log'
For parsing you will have to make completely new plog
And if someone is in 'dip' group
HE CAN ACTUALLY READ /etc/chatscripts/provider
dip-wide-readable ppp.log is what we need