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Re: [cobalt-users] [RAQ4i] /var/log/maillog >> maillog.html [Possible OFF TOPIC]
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] [RAQ4i] /var/log/maillog >> maillog.html [Possible OFF TOPIC]
- From: Tim Dunn <tdunn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu Aug 15 17:42:54 2002
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Sun Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
>
> > > How about a symbolic link:
> >
> > read permissions - if the file is chmod'd 400 and owned by root, the
> > symlink won't work. I'm sure there are other reasons.
> >
>
> That's true Tim, thanks for pointing it out. My maillog is 644. Does this
> have security implications?
None save that any user can see what the subject line and sender is for
any email going into your box. I was pointing that out because the
'stock' maillog permissions is 600, and a symlink under $DOCUMENT_ROOT
won't be able to read it.
tim
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