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Date:      Tue, 6 Jun 2000 08:22:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Jeff Gray <jwg2@adsl-63-201-55-220.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net>
To:        Fred Clift <fred@veriohosting.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>
Subject:   Re: [freebsd-questions] Re: How not to reboot, was part of df - du leakage (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10006060820460.9317-100000@adsl-63-201-55-220.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006060808420.15434-100000@vespa.orem.iserver.com>

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Thanks, appreciate the heads up.

They now recommend running as user, not as root.  I put BB on a 4.0 box,
running as user and the leakage problem went away along with the security
concerns.

Jeff


On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Fred Clift wrote:

> > 
> > The culprit?  A network monitoring program called big brother.  Excellent
> > program, never did this before.  I took it off the 3.3 box and installed
> > it on another box, running 4.0 and now both boxes have stable file
> 
> By the way, there were some recent security advisories released about
> big-brother.  You might want to go and get a newer version.  I dont
> remember the details...
> 
> 
> Fred
> 
> 
> --
> Fred Clift - fred@veriohosting.com -- Remember: If brute 
> force doesn't work, you're just not using enough.
> 
> 
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