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    Default WHM Service Manager: chkservd.conf.tmp - new file or hack?

    This file is located in /etc/chkserv.d/chkservd.conf.tmp
    and contains:
    cpsrvd:1
    exim:1
    exim-26:1
    eximstats:1
    ftpd:1
    httpd:1
    imap:1
    interchange:0
    mysql:1
    named:1
    pop:1
    spamd:1
    syslogd:1

    chkserv.d has:
    clamd:1
    cpanellogd:1
    cpsrvd:1
    entropychat:0
    exim:1
    exim-26:1
    ftpd:0
    httpd:1
    imap:1
    lfd:1
    mailman:0
    melange:0
    mysql:1
    named:1
    queueprocd:1
    spamd:1
    syslogd:1

    Is this anything I should be concerned about, or is this a new file? What alarms me, is the fact ftp is set to 1.. I don't use FTP, it's turned off.

    In WHM's service manager, this conf is under "Additional services" above lfd and is set to "enabled" but monitor is un-ticked.


    (ftpd is unchecked for both "enable" and "monitor" under WHM's service monitor)

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    Default Re: WHM Service Manager: chkservd.conf.tmp - new file or hack?

    What are the timestamp and ownerships on chkservd.conf.tmp?

    Code:
    # ls -alh /etc/chkserv.d/chkservd.conf.tmp
    I have not seen this file created automatically, so I wonder if it was a backup of the file made at some point by a user. For example, I will often back up the files in /etc/chkservd before making changes, so it is possible that the file was made as a backup by a system user at some point.
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    Default Re: WHM Service Manager: chkservd.conf.tmp - new file or hack?

    root@server [~]# ls -alh /etc/chkserv.d/chkservd.conf.tmp
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 114 May 19 2007 /etc/chkserv.d/chkservd.conf.tmp


    Which was years before I got this server. I got it in 2010. There are a few logs on the server dating back years ago, and the host's reasoning for this was because of re-imaging or something along the lines of that. I can't find the post on their forums, but they verbally assured me I wasn't using someone else's data.

    I don't recall ever noticing chkservd.conf.tmp in WHM before, but I've been extra-paranoid lately.
    Should I be worried?

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    Default Re: WHM Service Manager: chkservd.conf.tmp - new file or hack?

    The file was last updated almost four years ago, and only contains similar information to chkservd.conf, so it is safe to remove or move the file and move on. It is likely a remnant from an old edit of chkservd.conf, and very unlikely to be a problem in the future.
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