Re: Weird behavior from the secure log file
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Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 01:40:42 GMT
Scratch this post...
I realize now that it was not the secure file doing this... I was
trying to use the cat command to view my lastlog file...
-Warren E Bullock III
wbullock@twcny.rr.com
"Warren E Bullock III" <wbullock@twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
news:D2Iv9.42357$c51.11672107@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> I just did a fresh install completely wiping everything clean and
installed
> Red Hat 7.3. I completely unhooked all network cables so the system is
> conceptually free from outside influence. Well I decided to look at some
of
> the log files because I wanted to admire the clean slate. I opened most
all
> the logs, in the /var/log directory but the weird thing was the way the
> secure log file behaved. When I used the cat command all I got was two or
> three garbage characters. I then decided to open the file in emacs. When
I
> opened it in emacs the file was filled with @ signs.. What the heck is
> that??? I'm not sure what to make of it because I haven't even been on
the
> network since I re-installed Linux... Any explanation would help...
>
> -Warren E Bullock III
> wbullock@twcny.rr.com
>
>
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