[COLUG] Server Error

[Matthew W. Miller]

On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 01:16:59PM -0400, Joshua Kramer wrote:
>Might your box have been cracked?
>A LOOOONG time ago (late 90's) I had a similar problem; I noticed that all 
>of the files in my /etc directory could no longer be deleted, mv'd 
>(renamed), or edited (saved). ... Dave Reed pointed me to a hidden file
>attribute under ext2 ... I forget the exact method of disabling this

'lsattr' to see them, 'chattr' to change them.

>(perhaps it needs a partition reformat)

Yuck!  That's Windows-user talk. ;)

>(ducks and runs - hate to prescribe a Windows solution to a Linux
>user... :) )

Well, yeah.  But if evidence mounts up that the system's been
compromised, reinstalling from backup would probably be the best
recourse.
-- 
Matthew W. Miller <mwmiller at columbus.rr.com>      MPlayer does not suck.