On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 15:21 -0500, Adam Jackson wrote: > > I don't understand much about utmp and wtmp, but if appropriate they > > could be specifically excepted from the policy. Ditto the ConsoleKit > > history. What's the rationale for these being world-readable? > > Unix used to be a multiuser OS, apparently. ;) As I said, I don't understand much about them. i.e., I don't know what they're used for. i.e., flippant answers aren't terribly helpful. =) I am terribly sorry for only having shown up within the last decade or so, I fully appreciate this makes me a terrible Johnny-come-lately... I can guess from the commands referenced that one or both record recent login actions, yes? -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
