hi prashanth
> Hi,
>
> Be clear in your terms.
>
> 1.Do you access internet from your Linux server?
> If so do you logon from your root?
we don't have intenet access in the lab, the admin obviously logs in as
root.
>
> 2.Do you access internet from a proxy server?
again no internet access, so no proxy server
3.Ensure that you have ipchains(firewall) configure.
no relevance
4.Does the Linux box act as a router?
--same--
5.Chances are that someone might have done malicious
things through telnet.Disable it.
--same--
> It was the admins mistake to leave the system as it
> is.
> Log off when you leave(Obviously).
>
> with regards,
> Prashanth
i'll take print out of this mail and give it to my "admin" :-)
i'm not aware if you noticed this
> 1. IF WE TRY TO LOGIN AS ROOT THE FOLLOWING HAPPEN
>
> IF THE PASSWORD IS THE SAME AS THE ADMIN HAD SET IT - THE SCREEN WOULD
> SIMPLY CLEAR, WITHOUT GIVING ANY MESSAGE.
> IF WE ENTER A WRONG PASSWORD, THE EXPECTED login incorrect APPEARS.
>
> apparently the "virus" scans for the actual password.
So how do i login as admin, lilo: linux root=/dev/hda2 rw single?
thanks anyway
Regards
Rahul
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