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Date:      Fri, 28 Aug 1998 23:59:25 -0500
From:      "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net>
To:        "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Shell history 
Message-ID:  <3.0.3.32.19980828235925.00b1b5ec@207.227.119.2>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9808272252190.5148-100000@shell6.ba.best.co m>
References:  <199808280519.PAA04932@henry.cs.adfa.oz.au>

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At 11:05 PM 8/27/98 -0700, Jan B. Koum wrote:
>On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Warren Toomey wrote:
>
>>In article by Jan B. Koum:
>>> 	What if the user would be to switch shell or to install their own?
>>> 	I do not think one should depend on shell history to log all what
>>> 	user does. How would YOU monitor what your users are
>>> 	doing if you had to?
>>
>>	accton(8), lastcomm(1)
>>
>>		Warren
>>
>	
>	Once can just "cp" the executable.


But in order to 'cp' you must be able to read.

Why have more permissions than needed?




Jeff Mountin - Unix Systems TCP/IP networking
jeff@mountin.net

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