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| author | Frederic Lepied <flepied@mandriva.com> | 2002-07-27 19:13:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Frederic Lepied <flepied@mandriva.com> | 2002-07-27 19:13:31 +0000 |
| commit | 182deab41611f580397b47380ffb6049fb86f23b (patch) | |
| tree | 352cf77a226ce5140a45b58ac8022e2322d08d07 | |
| parent | 6c75c7ef4e791f4da9f65c96b6e1d83686992145 (diff) | |
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descibed differences between interactive and non-interactive calls.
added a paragraph on the logs.
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diff --git a/man/C/msec.8 b/man/C/msec.8 index 4557757..faae8ff 100644 --- a/man/C/msec.8 +++ b/man/C/msec.8 @@ -4,19 +4,33 @@ msec \- Mandrake security tools .SH SYNOPSIS .B msec -[0-5] +([0-5]) .SH DESCRIPTION -\fPmsec\fP is the main script of msec package. It enables the system administrator to change the security level for that system. -msec is provided with six preconfigured security levels. These levels range from poor security and ease of use, to paranoid config, suitable for very sensitive server applications, managed by experts. +\fPmsec\fP is the main script of the msec package. It enables the +system administrator to change the security level for that system. +msec is provided with six preconfigured security levels. These levels +range from poor security and ease of use, to paranoid config, suitable +for very sensitive server applications. .PP -You must be root to run \fPmsec\fP . +You must be root to run \fPmsec\fP. .br -Launch "msec x" to set you security level to x (x=[0-5]). It'll modify your system according to security level x features. +Launch "msec x" to set you security level to x (x=[0-5]). It'll modify +your system according to security level x features. Called without +argument, it will enforce the current security level without lowering +security. .br -For a fine description of each security level, consult the documentation under /usr/share/doc/msec-*/security.txt. +All the changes are logged to syslog at the AUTH facility when called +non interactivelly (by cron for example) or at the LOCAL1 facility +when called interactivelly (on the command line or from Mandrake +Control Center for example). +.br +For a fine description of each security level, consult the +documentation under /usr/share/doc/msec-*/security.txt. .PP -If you want to make changes to the current level, use /etc/security/msec/perm.local to override the -permissions/owners/groups and /etc/security/msec/level.local to override the rules (see mseclib(3) for details). +If you want to make changes to the current level, use +/etc/security/msec/perm.local to override the +permissions/owners/groups and /etc/security/msec/level.local to +override the rules (see mseclib(3) for details). .SH FILES /usr/sbin/msec .br @@ -24,7 +38,8 @@ The \fPmsec\fP executable (sh script) .PP /var/lib/msec/security.conf .br -Contains the configuration of the current active security level. These settings can be overridden in /etc/security/msec/security.conf. +Contains the configuration of the current active security level. These +settings can be overridden in /etc/security/msec/security.conf. .SH AUTHOR Vandoorselaere Yoann, Mandrakesoft |