Re: plog

[john@dhh.gt.org]

ktb writes:
> Hmmmm, my   ppp.log file shows the same:

> ~$ ls -l /var/log/ppp.log
> -rw-r-----   1 root     adm        848182 Jan 14 16:04 /var/log/ppp.log

> And as a regular user gives me this:
> ~$ plog
> Jan 14 16:03:25 crossyourfingers pppd[772]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x76 magic=0x3f1d]

Your "regular user" is in group adm, right? /var/log/ppp.log is in group
adm and is group readable.

> I looked at the file /var/log/ppp.log itself as a regular user using
> "cat" and found my password there.  So if I don't have to use plog as
> root do I have a security problem?

Depends.  Do you trust your "regular user"?

I don't know why your regular user would be in adm, though.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI