security question about /var/log/secure

[Gregory Machin]

look like run and run/sudo where 777'd .. so I set them back to 755 ..
wich fixed the first problem ..



On 9/13/07, Andy Green <andy at warmcat.com> wrote:
> Somebody in the thread at some point said:
>
> > Sep 13 11:21:55 server pam_timestamp_check: PAM `/var/run/' permissions are lax
>
> ll -d /var/run ... mine looks like
>
> # ll -d /var/run
> drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 2007-09-13 04:28 /var/run
>
> > Sep 13 11:22:30 server last message repeated 5 times
> > Sep 13 11:22:51 server last message repeated 3 times
> > Sep 13 11:22:52 server sshd[24997]: Connection closed by UNKNOWN
>
> I wonder if solving the one problem will solve the other.  It appears
> sshd can blow chunks and terminate connections like this.
>
> -Andy
>
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