Re: Security implications ?

[Mark Gray <markgray iago nac net>]

"Mike Lewis" <cajun cajuninc com> writes:

> Thanks Bret & Steve, but this brings on another question.
> 
> Aren't you saying that you have no confidence in your firewall, and all
> those updates you installed from RH ?
> 
> I agree Steve, if you're brain dead enough to type in your password when it
> is asking for your username, then changing the perms would not be a sane
> idea.
> 
> Ok, if changing the perms is a bad idea, then what are alternatives ?
> 
> Mike

I think the best solution would be to create a new group: say logread,
enter only yourself in that group and set the ownership of the logs to
root.logread with permissions 640.