Looks more like inexperience than a crack to me. To put it differently, I don't see the evidence. Janina Doug Sutherland writes: > Michael, > > Try > chattr -i > on those files inaccessible by root. > > It should not be possible for files to be inaccessible by root. > It is possible that you now have a rootkit installed. > A hacker might for example replace your ls command > and your chmod command, or any other basic utilities > to make things appear as they are not. > > Don't leave ports open! > Don't run services that you don't need. > Create some detterents so they go somewhere else instead. > > -- Doug > > > > Unfortunately, it seems I've already been hacked. Looks like I'll have > > to do a full, scratch Slackware reinstall. Found some hidden files in > > my home directory that aren't even root accessible. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:janina at a11y.org Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com Chair, Open Accessibility janina at a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org