Hello all,

I have a suggestion about the permissions that should be set to
/var/log/btmp.

This file records bad logins attempts, as you know. However, a common error
is to type its password instead of its login, when credential is asked by
the system. In such case, any user that can read this file may obtain
precious about another user's password (including root).

So, that's why I suggest to change /var/log/btmp permissions to 0600 in
order to strenghten security.


Have a good day !
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