[lug] Re: LUG digest, Vol 1 #520 Re Message 1

[D. Stimits]

Alex Horan wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 12:12:06 -0600
> > From: "D. Stimits" <stimits at idcomm.com>
> > Reply-To: stimits at idcomm.com
> > To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> > Subject: Re: [lug] oldLOGIN missing. Unable to login to box!!!
> > Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> >
> > Bill Jorgensen wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, D. Stimits wrote:
> > >
> > > > "D. Stimits" wrote:
> > > > > Alex Horan wrote:
> > > > > > When I try to login into my Linux box, via telnet or the console,
> I
> > > > > > receive the following error message 'dev/sdc0/.infs01/oldLOGIN
> missing'
> > > > > > and it will not let me login. I can ftp to the server and also use
> > > > > > Webmin but cannot gain console/telnet access. I am trying to find
> the
> > > > > > equivalent file on another box but can't find one.
> > >
> > > I would try to touch that file on another machine. Use ftp to put the
> file
> > > in place in /.infs01 and see what happens. Sometimes certain processess
> > > are looking for a timestamped file. See if this gets you around your
> issue.
> > > I would say this is particulaly possible given the fact that ftp and
> webmin
> > > allows access to the box.
> > >
> > > Bill Jorgensen
> > >
> >
> > I'd guess that he needs to be root to do that. And unless his ftp allows
> > root in, he'll be out of luck. But the rescue disk will allow it if he
> > mounts his sdc0 somewhere.
> >
> 
> I can ftp and put a file in place but I have not been able to find the file
> on another box. I can also change permissions on files using some remote
> administration tools. Does anyone have a file they can e-mail me (even one
> with a different name but the same function that I can edit??)
> alexhoran at hotmail.com.
> 
>  Someone has suggested to me that the box has been hacked as a sdc partition
> should start at 1 not 0 - unfortunately I am to new to Linux to be 100% sure
> about that. If this is the case can anyone suggest how I can regain console
> access to the machine and start to restore it to its original state?
> 
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I have scsi, but no files even remotely like those named. To top it all
off, the reference you give indicates /dev/sdc0 is a directory, while on
my system all sdc* are device special files. I know some systems have
subdirectories in /dev/ in a different format than others, so this
probably doesn't mean anything. I'm using RH 6.2 though, so it means you
probably have a non-redhat box, or you were hacked. In either case I
won't have that file, despite having scsi here also.