Re: Help - have I been hacked

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On 29 Apr 2003 18:32:44 +0100, Mike wrote:

> I have a horrible feeling that my system may have been compromised

Hence the subject line should read "Have I been hacked?".
 
> I have a file libwrap.a (part of tcp_wrappers)
> 
> like this
> 
> ?r-x-wxrwt  26977 25716    159071   1969188457 May  4  2031
> /usr/lib/libwrap.a

This looks more like a damaged file-system due to hardware problems or
results of a serious crash. Do you have any other mysterious file
stats to report? You might want to verify all your installed rpms.

> (in rescue mode the permissions are Br-x-wrwt)
> 
> and rpm -V shows 
> rpm -V tcp_wrappers
> SM?..UGT   /usr/lib/libwrap.a
> 
> This file cant be deleted.
> 
> I have replaced all other files directly.
> 
> So the question is - is it  possible to repair this without a full
> re-install?

If an fsck doesn't help, backup your /usr or /usr/lib partition (if you
have one) and re-format the partition and re-install the files. Then go
and replace any other damaged files/inodes.

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