On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 20:04 +1200, Andreas Hatz wrote: > Hello Debain Users, > > We have an interesting phenomenon occuring on one of our servers. We > have noticed that two files in the /bin directory have had their > executable permissions removed and we are unable to chmod the files as > root. > > current file permissions: > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35464 May 31 13:02 /bin/login > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54152 Aug 29 2001 /bin/netstat > > when trying to change permissions: > > ns:~# whoami > root > > ns:~# id > uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) > > ns:~# chmod 755 /bin/login > chmod: changing permissions of `/bin/login': Operation not permitted > > We have tried doing the same thing from the rescue disc login prompt. > same outcome. > > This seems to be a serious security issue. Root user seems to have > lost control of some files. Other files can be changed using the above > commands. > > Any ideas?
1) do not panic 2) what are the permissions of /bin 3) keep calm it's only an operating system (*) M (*) prob just a UK joke... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
