I rather think of a problem with a PS/2 and VGA switch-box failing or rebooting. Do you run GPM on your machine? Maybe it can have prblems when the PS/2 mouse is disconnected or when the switch reboots. I've seen that before (rather with Win9X, I daresay)
-----Original Message----- From: Répási Tibor [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: lundi 7 janvier 2002 15:24 To: Debian-Security Mailing list Subject: RE: strange auth log This box is hosted in a hosting center, I thing there aren't any cats or other animals. It is a possibility that somebody droped his coat or something else to the keyboard, but a more important question is, why crashes the system so that it needed a hw reset to restart? I don't find any other non-regular log entries. Syslogs last headbeat in messages was at 19:42. -----Eredeti üzenet----- Feladó: Phillip Hofmeister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Küldve: Monday, January 07, 2002 2:53 PM Címzett: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Másolatot kap: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tárgy: Re: strange auth log These messages would seem to suggest someone was pounding on your terminal keyboard trying to log in. The blank bad user names I would assume means no user name was entered. The p[d[d[c[c`...,,mmnnbbb and ^IZCXCGH^[[19~ would lead me to believe there was a furry animal running around your keyboard. Do you have a cat? <smile> If you know no one had physical access to your computer at the time of these log messages then I would not rule out other issues. I could speculate as to what these issues could be but I think the scenario I provided is among the most probable. Phil -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]