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.

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        Feladó: Phillip Hofmeister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
        Küldve: Monday, January 07, 2002 2:53 PM
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        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

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