Message clarification?

[Erik P. Olsen]

Craig White wrote:
> 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

Thanks, I've chmod'ed it now. But - forgive my lack of knowledge - what does 
"lax" mean?

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Regards,
Erik P. Olsen