On Thursday 21 June 2007 10:04, Razi Khaja wrote: > Hello, > > Just a quick question. What is /etc/hushlogins and what is it used > for?
It's meant to control which users (or shells) are prevented from seeing the usual "greeting" messages upon successful login. It can contain the names of users or shells and whenever those users of one the listed shells logs in, the usual greeting (contents of /etc/issue and /etc/motd, e.g.) are suppressed. It's only active if this line (not commented) appears somewhere in /etc/login.defs: HUSHLOGIN_FILE /etc/hushlogins > Mine is a nearly empty file, it only contains a newline > character. What is peculiar is that the file was created in 1994 Same here: % ls -l /etc/hushlogins -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1 1994-01-08 15:30 /etc/hushlogins > (my openSUSE 10.2 was installed in may 2007). > Could this be indicative of an intrusion? > Any feedback would be appreciated. > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1 1994-01-08 18:30 hushlogins (Presumably you and I are separated by three timezones—you being in the U.S. Eastern zone and me in the Pacific zone.) > Thanks > Razi Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
