On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 10:23 +0200, Erik P. Olsen wrote: > Logwatch sends me this message: > > pam_timestamp_check: PAM `/var/' permissions are lax > > What can it be and where can I read about such messages? ---- # ls -ld /var drwxr-xr-x 28 root root 4096 Mar 25 13:49 /var it would appear that you changed the perms on this directory - probably not a very good idea changing the perms of the root level folders such as /, /tmp, /usr, /var, /home chmod 755 /var should be all you need do unless the owner isn't root:root Craig
