Re: test of non-subscribed user

2002-11-26 Thread Thomas Fischer
hi Ted On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 09:19:43AM -0800, Ted Parvu wrote: > Hmmm, my bad > > No need to dredge up an old topic. However, I could > not find a FAQ for this list? Does one exist? > not a faq, but i think solutions disscussed here go there: http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#secu

Re: test of non-subscribed user

2002-11-26 Thread Thomas Fischer
hi Ted On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 09:19:43AM -0800, Ted Parvu wrote: > Hmmm, my bad > > No need to dredge up an old topic. However, I could > not find a FAQ for this list? Does one exist? > not a faq, but i think solutions disscussed here go there: http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#secu

Re: chkrootkit-0.31 and possible bug?

2002-06-06 Thread thomas fischer
On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Willi Dyck wrote: > On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 01:33:30PM -0400, Phillip Hofmeister did this all > over the keyboard: > > Hi, > > > > It is possible your rootkit check sent up a false flag. It is also possible > > (though unlikely) the attacker rigged the kernel to report any c

Re: the right way to access CDROM as non-root

2002-01-01 Thread thomas fischer
On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Oohara Yuuma wrote: > I have a hard disk on /dev/hda and a CDROM drive on /dev/hdc. > Their permissions are: > brw-rw1 root disk 3, 0 Jul 6 2000 /dev/hda > brw-rw1 root disk 22, 0 Jul 6 2000 /dev/hdc > I want to access the CDROM drive

Re: the right way to access CDROM as non-root

2002-01-01 Thread thomas fischer
On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Oohara Yuuma wrote: > I have a hard disk on /dev/hda and a CDROM drive on /dev/hdc. > Their permissions are: > brw-rw1 root disk 3, 0 Jul 6 2000 /dev/hda > brw-rw1 root disk 22, 0 Jul 6 2000 /dev/hdc > I want to access the CDROM drive

Re: How do I disable (close) ports?

2001-12-04 Thread thomas fischer
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, J. Paul Bruns-Bielkowicz wrote: > Hi, > I disabled all but a few ports in /etc/services, but I have > tcp0 0 pa237.olsztyn.sdi.t:111 80.116.215.37:1064 > ESTABLISHED > when I netstat my machine. What exactly does this mean? I just want > 25/tcp opensmtp

Re: How do I disable (close) ports?

2001-12-04 Thread thomas fischer
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, J. Paul Bruns-Bielkowicz wrote: > Hi, > I disabled all but a few ports in /etc/services, but I have > tcp0 0 pa237.olsztyn.sdi.t:111 80.116.215.37:1064 > ESTABLISHED > when I netstat my machine. What exactly does this mean? I just want > 25/tcp opensmt

Re: passwords and crypt?

2001-11-29 Thread thomas fischer
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Roger Keays wrote: > > I'm not sure if this is common knowledge or not, but I have just noticed > the effects of having the first two letters of your password the same as > the first two in your login name... You can use any extension of your > password!! > > e.g., on my

Re: passwords and crypt?

2001-11-29 Thread thomas fischer
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Roger Keays wrote: > > I'm not sure if this is common knowledge or not, but I have just noticed > the effects of having the first two letters of your password the same as > the first two in your login name... You can use any extension of your > password!! > > e.g., on my