Daniel Thanks! I will try to do what you recommend. I have been trying to contact the owner to see if he ever had that computer concerted to the internet with stuff like wu-ftp open to the world and other similar stuff. I have not been able to reach him yet. Im doing all these remote. My understanding is that it will take on the average 24 hours (and maybe a lot less) to get your linux computer rooted if you connect it to the INTERNET with a default RH (any version) install. David Correa Public Key http://www.linux-tech.com/linuxtech.asc Key fingerprint 7F2C E072 479D 71B4 008B 373E A284 8CDE 7659 F5D8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message.