Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: Marc-Eric Dupuis <baal@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] new ssh worm?
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 22:34:15
Message-Id: 20040727183349.1cf8049f@artsucks.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] new ssh worm? by Fluff
1 On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 23:45:42 +0200
2 Fluff <fluff@×××××.se> wrote:
3
4 > Citerar Venkat Manakkal <venkat@××××××××××.com>:
5 >
6 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
7 > > Hash: SHA1
8 > >
9 > > On Tuesday 27 July 2004 17:01, Tobias Klausmann wrote:
10 > > > Hi!
11 > > >
12 > > > While we're all puzzled... I'm puzzled that there actually *is* a
13 > > > (disabled) guest account on my machine. I didn't create it, and I
14 > > > don't know what it is intended for - so I renamed it, just to be
15 > > > sure (and see stuff break).
16 > > >
17 > > > Anyone able to shed a light on this?
18 > > >
19 > > > Greets,
20 > > > Tobias
21 > >
22 > > My guess is that installing samba creates it. Could someone verify?
23 > >
24 > > Cheers!
25
26 I have a guest account on my fresh gentoo install and the only server here is sshd:
27
28 baal@artsucks baal $ grep guest /etc/passwd
29 guest:x:405:100:guest:/dev/null:/dev/null
30
31 Ciao!
32
33 Baal
34 --
35 The conquering penguin of the tribe of UNIX...
36
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38 gentoo-security@g.o mailing list

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Re: [gentoo-security] new ssh worm? Caspar Bothmer <caspar-gentoo-security@××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-security] new ssh worm? Ard Righ <ardrigh@××××××××××××.nz>