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Date:      Wed, 6 Jan 1999 14:04:15 +0300
From:      Vadim Kolontsov <vadim@tversu.ru>
To:        Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kernel/syslogd hack
Message-ID:  <19990106140415.B14924@tversu.ru>
In-Reply-To: <199901061044.VAA24694@cheops.anu.edu.au>; from Darren Reed on Wed, Jan 06, 1999 at 09:44:37PM %2B1100
References:  <19990106132848.A14928@tversu.ru> <199901061044.VAA24694@cheops.anu.edu.au>

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Hi,

On Wed, Jan 06, 1999 at 09:44:37PM +1100, Darren Reed wrote:

> > > # mkdir /var/run/log.d
> > > # chmod 700 /var/run/log.d
> > > # ln -s /var/run/log.d/log /var/run/log
> > > # syslogd -p /var/run/log/log
> > 
> >   Sorry, I didn't understand you. In which cases would it help?
> 
> The above stops non-root from sending syslog messages, locally.

  I understand it, but I didn't understand in which *real* cases
it can be useful? 
 
  I can create "log" group and put all syslog()ing programs into it.. but I 
still don't sure it's useful.

Regards,
V.
-- 
Vadim Kolontsov
Tver Internet Center NOC

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