I could not believe when you told me that the anonymous account had write access. Checked it out by myself and you are absolutely right. Sorry to say, but I do think this server was not hacked, it was just plain stupid by the system administrator to leave such a hole open.
Tx Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MSWinNT Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 4:54 PM Subject: Re: Cannot delete folders > > I just love those ftp scanners... they scan our servers, find holes in our > security, fill them with stuff some of us may find useful (movies > included), and give us a bunch of traffic to look at... how can we don't > like those guys? ;)) > > ok... you don't seem to have many stuff in your ftp (sorry... i looked at > it), so you might want to do what others already told you: clean > everything (format) and build it up again. but this time aplly the patches > and triple-check the config (especially the anonymous account!!!! don't > give it write/delete permissions for the whole site, unless you like the > format a bit too much) > > before you format: try do delete those folders in dos or safe mode... if > you can, don't forget to re-check the anonymous account > > hope this helped you and others > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
