----- Original Message -----
From: "Render-Vue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 5:12 PM
Subject: [cobalt-security] Where can I find more about these log reports


> Have logcheck running and the following came up this morning...
>
> Oct 30 14:01:40 ns PAM_pwdb[4984]: check pass; user unknown
>
> The FTP activities are logged also but nothing else in all the logs shown
> any more details where can I find or how can I find out where this user is
> coming from? Could it be somone at the collocation?

When I see this it's usually someone who was trying to gain access to a part
off a web site containing an .htaccess file - maybe like their stats (if your
running webalizer).  Like the message says, "user unknown"
Hope this helped a little...

Dave~

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