Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: Devon True <devon@×××××.org>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] new ssh worm?
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 21:34:45
Message-Id: 4106CA42.5050308@noved.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] new ssh worm? by Venkat Manakkal
1 on 7/27/2004 5:29 PM Venkat Manakkal said the following:
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6 > On Tuesday 27 July 2004 17:01, Tobias Klausmann wrote:
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8 >>Hi!
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10 >>While we're all puzzled... I'm puzzled that there actually *is* a
11 >>(disabled) guest account on my machine. I didn't create it, and I
12 >>don't know what it is intended for - so I renamed it, just to be
13 >>sure (and see stuff break).
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15 >>Anyone able to shed a light on this?
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17 >>Greets,
18 >>Tobias
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21 > My guess is that installing samba creates it. Could someone verify?
22 >
23 > Cheers!
24 >
25 > - ---Venkat.
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27 I have a "guest" account in /etc/passwd and I have *never* installed
28 Samba on this box. I tried search for something at forums.g.o,
29 bugzilla.g.o, marc.theaimsgroup.com, and www.gmane.org, but I came up
30 empty. :(
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32 Devon
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