On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 07:14 -0500, Mike Blezien wrote: > Hello, > > what exactly does this warning mean: > > Warning: Account '#' is root equivalent (UID = 0) > > why is this a "Warning" ?? > It's a warning to notify you that there is an account with equivalent rights to that of 'root'. This is generally something you do not want!
In this instance the account name looks just like '#'. Since the check is reasonably specific about the format of the passwd file entries, it seems most odd. I would suggest checking your /etc/passwd file (or its equivalent) to see which entry it refers to. John. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 233914 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +44 (0)1752 233839 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Rkhunter-users mailing list Rkhunter-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rkhunter-users
