At 08:51 PM 4/21/02, you wrote: >On Sun, 2002-04-21 at 19:14, David wrote: > > > > > Does not MSEC, if set to the appropriate level, check and correct > less-than-optimal file permissions and ownerships? > > > > Or maybe I got it all wrong. > >That a very good question, Dave. Would be nice to have the Mandrake boys >chime in on this one. If msec does not put things back to the original >security, then, I might hasten to ask, what in hell is the purpose of >msec? Maybe I have it wrong too...
msec has data files, corresponding to its security levels, i.e. 1-5, which tell it the permissions to set on particular files and directories. Take a look in directory /usr/share/msec at files perm.[1-5]. msec doesn't have a comprehensive list of files on the machine (or their permissions), so it can't fix up a trashed system. There is a really nice write-up on msec over at the Mandrake site. Take a look at http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php. David
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