Re: Binary file created in / with same name as root password, seemingly sporadically
Why yes, as a matter of fact it is^H^Hwas... Something special about it? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apologies if this is a stupid question and I should RTFM, but something on my Freebsd-5.1 box is creating a binary file in / with the same name as my root password and I was curious as to what exactly this might be. (I always SSH into the box on a regular user then su root to do work.) That depends. Is your password entropy? - Bob ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Binary file created in / with same name as root password, seemingly sporadically
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 06:27:04AM -0600, Jonathan Neill wrote: Why yes, as a matter of fact it is^H^Hwas... Something special about it? Only that it's a spectacularly bad password that happens to coincide with an unrelated FreeBSD file. I hope your new root password isn't COPYRIGHT or kernel :-) Kris pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Binary file created in / with same name as root password, seemingly sporadically
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 05:11:49AM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 06:27:04AM -0600, Jonathan Neill wrote: Why yes, as a matter of fact it is^H^Hwas... Something special about it? Only that it's a spectacularly bad password that happens to coincide with an unrelated FreeBSD file. I hope your new root password isn't COPYRIGHT or kernel :-) You know, there's something deeply ironic about using the low-entropy word entropy for what should be a high-entropy password, then reducing the entropy still further by posting to a public mailing list with a clue to what it is. Moreover, your confusion surrounds the /entropy file, which is used by the system to store high-quality entropy data for seeding purposes. :-) Kris0`$31U2A?7+_0)5SQ%,HK2G-+[;T_DP),)[/#N\WP2.VP2P,EME8BZDGF pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Binary file created in / with same name as root password, seemingly sporadically
On Thursday 04 March 2004 04:13 pm, Jonathan Neill Jonathan Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apologies if this is a stupid question and I should RTFM, but something on my Freebsd-5.1 box is creating a binary file in / with the same name as my root password and I was curious as to what exactly this might be. (I always SSH into the box on a regular user then su root to do work.) That depends. Is your password entropy? - Bob ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Binary file created in / with same name as root password, seemingly sporadically
On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 11:18:38PM -0500, Bob Johnson wrote: On Thursday 04 March 2004 04:13 pm, Jonathan Neill Jonathan Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apologies if this is a stupid question and I should RTFM, but something on my Freebsd-5.1 box is creating a binary file in / with the same name as my root password and I was curious as to what exactly this might be. (I always SSH into the box on a regular user then su root to do work.) That depends. Is your password entropy? If not, tell us what it is so we can figure out what is creating it :-) Kris pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
