Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:37:48 -0700 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: Efren Bravo <efrenba@dhl.co.cu> Cc: freeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Set options to deamons Message-ID: <4339755C.3030502@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <WorldClient-F200509271232.AA32140009@dhl.co.cu> References: <WorldClient-F200509271232.AA32140009@dhl.co.cu>
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Efren Bravo wrote: > Hi, > > How do I set options to deamons? > > For instance, I've been reading a security doc and it says: "Syslogd can > be attacked directly and it's strongly recommended that you use -s option > whenever possible, and the -a option otherwise". > > If Syslogd start when the OS start, how do I set the -s option. > > Thank... > Browse through /etc/defaults/rc.conf You'll something similar to: ### Network daemon (miscellaneous) ### syslogd_enable="YES" # Run syslog daemon (or NO). syslogd_program="/usr/sbin/syslogd" # path to syslogd, if you want a different one. syslogd_flags="-s" # Flags to syslogd (if enabled). #syslogd_flags="-ss" # Syslogd flags to not bind an inet socket Looks like -s is the default. If you wanted to change it add syslogd_flags="-whatever" to your /etc/rc.conf file. Later, Micah
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