From: Tony Hoyle <tmh@magenta-netlogic.com>
To: Paul Tweedy <pault@5emedia.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: "Unable to load intepreter" on login - 2.2.14-5.0
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:15:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A884456.4080103@magenta-netlogic.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B6ADBFF3.3E19%pault@5emedia.net>
Paul Tweedy wrote:
> Secondly, to get the thing running I'm assuming I can copy a working login
> binary from an identical server, so I can get in & change the passwords and
> sort the security out?
...and what if the 'cp' binary has been hacked to stop you doing just
that? What if 'passwd' is silently emailing your root password to the
hacker each time you change it?
Reformat and re-install. It's the only way (and check your firewall).
Tony
--
The only secure computer is one that's unplugged, locked in a safe,
and buried 20 feet under the ground in a secret location... and i'm
not even too sure about that one"--Dennis Huges, FBI.
tmh@magenta-netlogic.com
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-12 20:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-12 15:26 Paul Tweedy
2001-02-12 15:37 ` Alan Cox
2001-02-12 16:29 ` Paul Tweedy
2001-02-12 20:15 ` Tony Hoyle [this message]
2001-02-12 21:39 ` Gerhard Mack
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