Re: Root password changed

From: sysadmin <sysadmin(at)wvths.com>
Date: Mon Jan 06 2003 - 15:33:34 EST

RCS wrote:

>I have no idea how the root password on my FreeBSD 4.0 system was =
Versions of sendmail, apache & BIND that you're running aren't the latest and possibly contain buffer overflows or other vulnerabilities . Maybe it's time to start patching :p ?

Also , you might want to change console line in /etc/ttys to `unsecure` as it's quite easy for someone to reboot your server into singe-user & do what you did ( i.e. change the root passwd back ) .

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