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Re: /var/log/setuid.today wierdness in cluster



dave mallery wrote:
> tens of thousands of entries running thru the /dev directory.  these 
> nodes develop 20+mb files per day.
> 
> i can't find documentation on what program writes these files.  man 
> setuid only documents the library call.

It's generated by the checksecurity program. You might want to read its
man page and edit /etc/checksecurity.conf.

The filename is a bit of a misnomer, as it is intended to report on
changes of device file permissions, as such changes can be security
risks.

-- 
see shy jo

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