Re: SunOS newsyslog bug

[Kenneth.Kron () EBay Sun COM (Kenneth Kron -)]

Not on 2.4 FCS.   I'm filling the bug right now.


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> From bugtraq-owner () fc net Fri Aug 26 07:19 PDT 1994
> From: Jean.Chouanard () xerox fr (Jean Chouanard)
> To: bugtraq () crimelab com
> Subject: SunOS newsyslog bug
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> I was surprise to see that in SunOS (4.1.3 and U1) the command
> /usr/lib/newsyslog do a 'chmod 666' on the $LOG (= syslog) file he just 
> created.
> Thus, after running newsyslog, which is done in the crontab,
> the new log files is writable by everybody :-(
>
> Does this chmod has been corrected by Sun?
>
> jean.
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