Am I compromised, or does Gentoo go around creating a bunch of users just for the hell of it? here's a bunch of users I don't understand
uucp:x:10:14:uucp:/var/spool/uucppublic:/bin/false operator:x:11:0:operator:/root:/bin/bash postmaster:x:14:12:postmaster:/var/spool/mail:/bin/false ftp:x:21:21::/home/ftp:/bin/false squid:x:31:31:Squid:/var/cache/squid:/bin/false gdm:x:32:32:GDM:/var/lib/gdm:/bin/false named:x:40:40:bind:/var/bind:/bin/false mysql:x:60:60:mysql:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/false postgres:x:70:70::/var/lib/postgresql:/bin/bash apache:x:81:81:apache:/home/httpd:/bin/false nut:x:84:84:nut:/var/state/nut:/bin/false cyrus:x:85:12::/usr/cyrus:/bin/false vpopmail:x:89:89::/var/vpopmail:/bin/false alias:x:200:200::/var/qmail/alias:/bin/false qmaild:x:201:200::/var/qmail:/bin/false qmaill:x:202:200::/var/qmail:/bin/false qmailp:x:203:200::/var/qmail:/bin/false qmailq:x:204:201::/var/qmail:/bin/false qmailr:x:205:201::/var/qmail:/bin/false qmails:x:206:201::/var/qmail:/bin/false postfix:x:207:207:postfix:/var/spool/postfix:/bin/false smmsp:x:209:209:smmsp:/var/spool/mqueue:/bin/false guest:x:405:100:guest:/dev/null:/dev/null nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/:/bin/false rpc:x:111:111:added by portage for portmap:/dev/null:/bin/false I am not running uucp, and I don't have squid, bind, mysql, postgres, apache, nut, cyrus (what is it?), vpopmail, alias (what is it?), qmail, postfix, or smmsp installed. I grab my inbound email via POP, and push my outbound email via ssmtp to my ISP's MTA. I *HOPE* I'm not running any publicly visible servers. My machine sits behind a NATing router-cum-ADSL-modem, and iptables rejects all externally-initiated connections, and blocks all traffic coming and going to/from my ports 0..1023 excepting to/from lo. -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure, and has a lower TCO, than linux. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
