Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 01:58:28 -0500 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The necessary steps for logging (the problem is fixed) Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19981008015828.00feeec4@207.227.119.2> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981007131531.0408a100@mail.lariat.org> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981007083740.20457B-100000@java.dpcsys.com> <4.1.19981006213234.04cd1600@mail.lariat.org>
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At 01:16 PM 10/7/98 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: >>You have to examine the structure of the data in any config file >>before deciding which characters are legal separators. > >That's a problem. What's more, in an editor, tabs look like spaces >unless you display them as special characters (which ruins the >columnization and makes editing hard). So, you're damned if you turn >on the special display mode and damned if you don't. Displaying ^I is ugly, isn't it. Replacing or highlighting (like ^M in less) are equally an eyesore. You could: less /etc/syslog.conf /^I Quick way to check without much work, but a check is still better. Jeff Mountin - Unix Systems TCP/IP networking jeff@mountin.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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