Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 11:41:30 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Password in my log file Message-ID: <19990923114130.A62679@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909232126440.94860-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909232126440.94860-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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In the last episode (Sep 23), Jason C. Wells said: > I found my password in my log file!!!! > > I am guessing that I must have typed in my password at the login: prompt > and syslogd entered the attempt as an attempt from "password". > > Is there a way to make sure this doesn't happen? Add authpriv.none to the syslog.conf line of the logfile you don't want private auth information written to. See the manpage for syslog.conf for a setup that logs sensitive stuff to /var/log/secure. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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