Re: More Syslog Questions

[Henning Brauer <hb () bsws de>]

* Marcus J. Ranum <mjr () ranum com> [2004-07-20 10:15]:
> Devdas Bhagat wrote:
> > On Linux, the chattr command on ext2/3 filesystems is useful. From man
> > chattr
> >       A file with the `a' attribute set  can  only  be  open  in
> >       append  mode for writing.  Only the superuser or a process
> >       pessessing the CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE capability can  set  or
> >       clear this attribute.
>
> Is this Linux specific, or did the BSD guys change this, too?

it is 'chflags sappnd [file]' on OpenBSD, and that flag can only be 
unset again when running with securelevel < 1, i. e. single user mode.

> The original
> idea of immutable files was that they were, uh, um, immutable.

chflags schg [file] ;)

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