On 4 Jul 2002 at 9:17, Ken Hawkins wrote:

> I've noticed the following in my messages log:
> Being an uneducated linux user, I have no idea what this is, but I don't
> recall ever seeing this before.
> 
> I accessed the log through webmin; would that generate the messages?
> 
> Ken
> 
> Jul  4 09:01:06 localhost msec: changed mode of /var/log/wtmp from 664
> to 640
This looks like the output from Mandrake's msec,a system security utility 
that sets file permissions and checks for open ports.There is more info 
on it at
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/secure/smsec2.html
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php

Ray Warren



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