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Re: /var/log/maillog's been replaced

From: Rich Shepard (rshepardappl-ecosys.com)
Date: Tue Jan 23 2007 - 13:48:41 CST


On Tue, 23 Jan 2007, David Rees wrote:

> Looks like your system logger is borked. See if syslog is running, are any
> other system logs being written to? It doesn't look like a postfix problem
> to me.

David,

   Restarted syslogd.

> BTW, why are your log files world readable AND writable? That is a huge
> security risk. Typically system logs are mode 600 and 644 if you don't
> mind users on the machine being able to read the files.

   Since I'm the only user, it's not an issue. But, I'll change the
permissions anyway.

Thanks,

Rich

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