On Thursday 05 September 2002 04:42, Indra Kusuma wrote: > On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, David Raulo wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I have 2 woody boxes, the first one configured as an adsl firewall (a > > simple iptable-deny-everything stuff, no local service running, only LAN > > originated traffic allowed). On the second box since yesterday, my path > > when logging as root became > > "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games", like the one for > > an ordinary user. Same behavior if I "su -" from an ordinary account, > > but the good old root path is back if I just type "su" (without the > > hyphen). > > > > Where does Debian define the root login path? I checked /etc/login.defs > > (and of course /root/.bashrc), but nothing changed / my other woody box. > > Btw why is the default user path defined both in /etc/login.defs and > > /etc/profile? > > > > Is this strange behavior a known sign of intrusion? I got nothing unusual > > in both machines's logs... I also tried chkrootkit, nothing found. Of > > course I might also have done something wrong, but can't remember what. > > > > Does anyone have a hint on what's going on? > > Did you login via SSH ?? >
No (I don't have a sshd running). The problem occurs when I log directly on console, or when I do "su -" from an xterm. Have you got an idea? David.
