why do the log files have permisssions set to 644 and not 600 ?
It shouldn't generally be considered a problem since it doesn't contain secrets to the users. It may be advisable to keep it a little more conservative, though. Change it in /etc/permssions and run chkstat -set /etc/permissions . There's more than one /etc/permissions - use the one that's mentioned in /etc/rc.config. Note that /var/log/wtmp and /var/run/utmp need at least ug=rw (660). Roman. -- _ _ | Roman Drahtmüller "The best way to pay for a | CC University of Freiburg lovely moment is to enjoy it." | email: draht@uni-freiburg.de - Richard Bach | - -