07-15-2015
Cron Logs File Permissions
Are there any security risks in having cron logs readable by all (644)?
We have scheduled some jobs and have issues we want to investigate, but this is justification provided in rejecting our request:
"Cron log will have only read permission for root, we cannot change the permission to make others to read. "
In every *nix environment I have worked, the cron logs have been readable by all.
Is there any valid reason to justify their practice?
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PYFIGLET(1) User Commands PYFIGLET(1)
NAME
pyfiglet - display text in large ASCII art fonts.
SYNOPSIS
pyfiglet.py [options] text...
DESCRIPTION
pyFIGlet is a program that creates large characters out of ordinary screen characters. It takes ASCII text (text) and renders it in ASCII
art fonts.
This version of pyfiglet supports FIGlet fonts .flf and the FIGlet-compatible toilet-fonts .tlf.
OPTIONS
--version
show program's version number and exit
-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-f FONT, --font=FONT
font to render with (default: future)
-D DIRECTION, --direction=DIRECTION
set direction text will be formatted in (default: auto)
-j SIDE, --justify=SIDE
set justification, defaults to print direction
-w COLS, --width=COLS
set terminal width for wrapping/justification (default: 80)
-r, --reverse
shows mirror image of output text
-F, --flip
flips rendered output text over
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