ahttpd is the admin web server running on your Cobalt. The message means
some tried to login to your server via the back office and failed. I
would keep an eye on it.
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Theodore Jones wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm scanning my "messages" log today on under /var/log/ and found this
> line? Does anybody know what
> this kind of attack is about? What is "ahttpd"?
>
> Feb 5 11:31:18 www PAM_pwdb[1282]: 1 authentication failure; (uid=0) ->
> admin for ahttpd service
>
> ~ Theo
>
>
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