World writable syslog.pid file

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1 total messages Started by Rob Quinn Mon, 14 Sep 1992 21:18

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Author: Rob Quinn
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 21:18

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 On most of the Suns I just checked, /etc/syslog.pid is world writable.
If they are running the standard crontab for root, then they probably
have an entry like this:
 5 4 * * 6      /usr/lib/newsyslog >/dev/null 2>&1

 And the last line of /usr/lib/newsyslog is:
kill -HUP `cat /etc/syslog.pid`


 So, any creative uses for this? 

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|                                                                Rob Quinn |
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