Re: plog

[Jim Foltz <aa204@acorn.net>]

On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 10:39:25PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 08:32:47PM -0700, Robert Kerr wrote:
> > When I type plog I get this:
> >
> > tail: /var/log/ppp.log: Permission denied
> >
> > the attributes for ppp.log are
> > -rw-r-----   1 root     adm          8305 Jan 14 20:38 /var/log/ppp.log
> >
> > What can I do to change this?
> 
> You have to run plog as root. The reason that ppp.log isn't world
> readable is that your ppp password is more than likely in the log file.

Under what conditins does the password show up? I just grep'd my 
/var/log/ppp.log for my password, andi t wasn't there. Is it because
I use CHAP that it doesn't show up?

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