On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 08:26 -0500, Mike Blezien wrote: > > I think I located the problem. In the passwd file was a line commented out > with > the # sign which I assume is what Rkhunter was reading and causing the > warning > message: > > # root:x:0:0:,,:/root:/bin/bash > As far as I am aware commenting out userid's is not a common thing to do. For a start the /etc/shadow entry will still exist with the password. The 'pwck' command will show the (/etc/passwd) entry as being invalid. To disable an account you can do this by locking it with the 'passwd' command.
I think RKH is, in this instance, doing the right thing in showing the warning. I should point out that the account name is actually '# root'. However, RKH sees this as 2 account names - '#' and 'root'. The 'root' account is automatically whitelisted, so doesn't cause a warning. I guess RKH should cater for a space being there though, and have reported the name as '# root'. 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
