I rather think of a problem with a PS/2 and VGA switch-box failing or
rebooting. Do you run GPM on your machine? Maybe it can have prblems when the
PS/2 mouse is disconnected or when the switch reboots.
I've seen that before (rather with Win9X, I daresay)
-----Original Message-----
From: Répási Tibor [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: lundi 7 janvier 2002 15:24
To: Debian-Security Mailing list
Subject: RE: strange auth log
This box is hosted in a hosting center, I thing there aren't any cats
or other animals.
It is a possibility that somebody droped his coat or something else to
the keyboard, but a
more important question is, why crashes the system so that it needed a
hw reset to restart?
I don't find any other non-regular log entries. Syslogs last headbeat
in messages was at 19:42.
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Feladó: Phillip Hofmeister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Küldve: Monday, January 07, 2002 2:53 PM
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Tárgy: Re: strange auth log
These messages would seem to suggest someone was pounding on your
terminal keyboard trying to log in. The blank bad user names I would assume
means no user name was entered.
The p[d[d[c[c`...,,mmnnbbb and ^IZCXCGH^[[19~ would lead me to believe
there was a furry animal running around your keyboard. Do you have a cat?
<smile>
If you know no one had physical access to your computer at the time of
these log messages then I would not rule out other issues. I could speculate
as to what these issues could be but I think the scenario I provided is among
the most probable.
Phil
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