is there any way to correct this problem? please help. On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Michael Fuhr wrote: > On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 10:24:29PM -0700, Jeff Frost wrote: >> On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Michael Fuhr wrote: >>> Can anybody else with a Linux box test the above command? >> >> On my FC4 machine running 2.6.16-1.2111_FC4: >> >> uid=26(postgres) gid=26(postgres) groups=26(postgres) >> context=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t > > That's what I'd expect. David's box appears to be behaving oddly, > which could be signs of tampering if he has indeed been hacked. If > that's happened then commands like "ls" and "ps" can't be trusted. > > Can anybody think of a way for David to be seeing the behavior he's > seeing that doesn't involve a tampered-with system? It's probably worthwhile to get a copy of chkrootkit and/or rkhunter and run them to see if there is a problem. Might also be worthwhile to run the ps and ls from the install CD to see if there are any suprising results. -- Jeff Frost, Owner <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Frost Consulting, LLC http://www.frostconsultingllc.com/ Phone: 650-780-7908 FAX: 650-649-1954