On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 09:07:52AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 08:42:11PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > Actually, it looks like a piece of spam that I thought I told the > > > server to discard (Nick, sometime check the log files and tell me if > > > I goofed in my congested and not entirely alert state) had something > > > other than my intent happen to it. > > > > Why was it trying to access a file in the /root/ directory? > > > Now that I think about it, that is somewhat surprising. > Nicks server is Linux right?
Yes, although it is possible that something Julia or Nick set up was trying to do something in the /root/ directory in response to the spam. Normally, I would expect logs to be written to the /var/log/ directory. And the /root/ directory is basically the home directory of the root user (superuser), and you wouldn't normally write a file with a name like 8e8Ta4 directly into a home directory. So, while it is possible some legitimate script was writing to the /root/ directory in response to the spam, it is a strange way to do things. It is worth checking out to see if it was legitimate or not. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
