Guys, I don't see how I can have fun by posting a random technical question for which I am not looking for an answer. This has been bugging me for some weeks now, and I was hoping to get a less drastic solution than re-installing my OS. Thanks to those who have shared their thoughts and I would be quite happy to have any insights from your experience to handle the problem. Vijay On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:06 PM, max bianco <maximilianbianco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Bruno Wolff III wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 13:00:48 -0700, >>> "Dr. Peter Roopnarine" <proopnarine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Monday 19 May 2008 12:52:04 pm Rahul Sundaram wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have Fedora 5 and 6 installed on my machines. I strangely find >>>>> >>>>>> that I am often unable to login to the machine with my regular >>>>>> password using ssh. Fortunately I have physical access to the machine, >>>>>> which allows me to change the password back. Any idea what could be >>>>>> the reason? >>>> >>>> By changing the password back, you mean that your root password has >>>> actually been changed? If no, then you need to configure ssh to allow remote >>>> root login (not a good idea though). If yes, then it's almost a certainty >>>> that your system has been hacked. Wipe and install Fedora 8 or 9. >>>> Peter >>> >>> That wouldn't be my bet. I doubt someone that gained root access to the >>> machine would change the root password unless it was someone he knows >>> playing a prank on him. I expect there is something else going on here. >> >> I wonder about pranks since the OP has posted the following on the ubuntu >> list: >> >> <quote> > > the OP is hoping to glean some precious clue on how to hack a linux > box by coming at the problem from the opposite angle so as to put off > suspicion? > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- Vijay Krishnan Founder, Infoaxe Inc. http://www.cs.stanford.edu/~vijayk http://www.infoaxe.com/hiring.html -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
