Re: /var/log/messages

From: Jorey Bump (devnull@joreybump.com)
Date: 04/10/02 

From: Jorey Bump <devnull@joreybump.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 18:57:42 GMT

Joerg Kurlbaum wrote:
> In article, Jeff Bastian wrote:
>
>>Is there any reason to not make /var/log/messages world-readable?
>>
>>I've never seen any sensitive data logged there.
>>
>
>
> Maybe pppd writes the Passwords used for any ppp connection to this
> file. That belongs to your configuration.

It's also not unusual for users to enter their password at the login
prompt by mistake. That might appear in the logs.

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