Re: xconsole shows PAP (ppp) passwd
Linh Dang writes:
> Why the PAP (ppp) passwd is shown by xconsole. /var/log/ppp can only be
> read by adm group, but xconsole can be seen by anyone. Isn't it a
> security issue ???
There's a bug in pppd that cause it to ignore efforts to tell it not to
show PAP passwords. Comment out the 'debug' option in
/etc/ppp/peers/provider and it will stop (but so will most of the useful
pppd mesages).
I don't know why xconsole lets users see /var/log/ppp.log. I'd call that a
bug in xconsole (I don't use it so I don't know much about it).
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