On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 18:55, bascule wrote: > hi jack, > ok, this is what i get: > [root@mycroft downloads]# rgrep mnt /usr/share/msec/ > /usr/share/msec/perm.0:/mnt/ > root.root 755 > /usr/share/msec/perm.1:/mnt/ > root.root 755 > /usr/share/msec/perm.2:/mnt/ > root.root 755 > /usr/share/msec/perm.3:/mnt/ > root.root 755 > /usr/share/msec/perm.4:/mnt/ > root.ad750 > /usr/share/msec/perm.5:/mnt/ > root.root 710 > /usr/share/msec/security.sh:CS_DIRS='on /mnt' > > [root@mycroft downloads]# rgrep removable /etc/ > /etc/termcap:# a beer can (the old removable pop-top style) and "Soroc" was an > /etc/devfsd.conf:# If you have removable media and want to force media > revalidation when looking > /etc/auto.misc:#removable -fstype=ext2 :/dev/hdd > > the first is just the permisions on the /mnt directory right, no messing with > fstab here > the second are just commented lines aren't they? and thus inactive anyway? >
right and right. > i haven't edited msec, i assumed that level2 would be pretty quiet about what > it did, unlike the server box, at 4 it just locked me out because i hadn't > logged in for such a long time that my passwords had run out! - seperate > prob! - that is annoying :-) I once locked myself out of a box completely by setting msec too high, had to crash it and linux single, then msec back down to a reasonable level. > linux is installed but i haven't run it, > drakconf i only just ran, i had to alter my desktop icon settings to execute > /usr/bin/drakconf instead of /usr/bin/X11/DrakConf for the benefit of any > archive searchers upgrading and keeping their /home! > > i might do what james suggests and rpm -e msec and perhaps set up the more > useful cron jobs by hand, i can't think of any other prog/daemon that alters > files like this linuxconf, the assorted drak* tools, webmin... You've already established that it isn't msec by grepping its files, so start looking at the other suspects. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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