On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 01:28:05AM -0800, Matt Grimaldi wrote: > Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 08:42:11PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > > > From: "Mortgage Clearing House" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > /root/8e8Ta4: Permission denied > > > > > > > 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? > > No, just a subdirectory of the "current" directory on the web server, > one would assume.
Why are you assuming this has something to do with an web server ??? > Second, while that looks like a path starting from the root of the > filesystem, webservers often have their own definition of "root > directory" as far as any scripts or page links are concerned, in an > effort to protect the server from malicious code. Again, why the web server assumption? And how do you explain the "8e8Ta4"? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
