Bug#352339: [Logcheck-devel] Bug#352339: please tighten permissions of /etc/logcheck/*

Jamie L. Penman-Smithson jamie at silverdream.org
Sun Feb 12 01:53:36 UTC 2006


tags 352339 moreinfo
thanks

On 11 Feb 2006, at 11:40, martin f krafft wrote:
> I suggest removing write rights for the group `logcheck` from
> directories in /etc/logcheck. Rationale: members of the logcheck
> group need not write these directories (or do they?).
>
> I also suggest removing the group write right from
> /etc/logcheck/logcheck.*

As far as I can see, the group logcheck has no write privileges over  
any file or directory under /etc/logcheck:

$ sudo find /etc/logcheck -perm /g+w
$

Reinstalling the logcheck package should restore the permissions to  
their default.

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