purplep

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I have been getting this mail for the last couple of days. I got pweb to take a look and they say things look ok, but I am a bit worried. This is the exact mail I am getting.....

IMPORTANT: Do not ignore this email.
This message is to inform you that the
account
has user id 0 (root privs). This could mean that
your system was compromised (OwND). To be safe you should verify that your
system has not be compromised.

Any ideas, things I can check and stop the mail coming through?

Cheers.
 
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bdraco

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[quote:874f6638fe][i:874f6638fe]Originally posted by purplep[/i:874f6638fe]

I have been getting this mail for the last couple of days. I got pweb to take a look and they say things look ok, but I am a bit worried. This is the exact mail I am getting.....

IMPORTANT: Do not ignore this email.
This message is to inform you that the
account
has user id 0 (root privs). This could mean that
your system was compromised (OwND). To be safe you should verify that your
system has not be compromised.

Any ideas, things I can check and stop the mail coming through?

Cheers.
[/quote:874f6638fe]

Looks like your passwd file is either corrupt or someone cracked your system and created another uid 0 account.
 

purplep

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Hi,

I did make some changes to the passwd file to prevent some resold accounts having shell access.

Like I said Jay at pweb has had a look and thinks everything is okay.

What can I do to ensure this?
 
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bdraco

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[quote:be3b60b90c][i:be3b60b90c]Originally posted by purplep[/i:be3b60b90c]

Hi,

I did make some changes to the passwd file to prevent some resold accounts having shell access.

Like I said Jay at pweb has had a look and thinks everything is okay.

What can I do to ensure this?[/quote:be3b60b90c]


Can't really tell since I didn't look at it ... you'll have to place your trust with Jay since he is the one who fixed it.
 
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bdraco

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[quote:3531be8913][i:3531be8913]Originally posted by purplep[/i:3531be8913]

Okay,

But why am i still getting the warning mail?[/quote:3531be8913]

If you are still getting the mail something is still wrong with the file ..