It's definitely possible they upgraded recently and screwed up somethng. They are interland (www.interland.com) -- a pretty big host. The company I work for has had tons of problems with them, though -- the site goes down a lot. I'm wondering if this is really "malicious" or if they just screwed up.
Sam "R'Twick Niceorgaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sam Folk-Williams said the following on 9/12/2003 12:32 PM>> > > >Hi, > > > >I posted about the below issue yesterday, following is the follow-up from > >tech support. Are they saying the server was hacked? Is there anything I can > >do on my end, or does this sound like their problem? > > > > > > > >>When I try to visit the site I get this strage error message: php-engine: > >> > >> > >file /home/k/h/user191796/html/myAdmin/index.php has incorrect uid/gid for > >effective uid 51 (2116/2116) > > > > > >>Or, the browser (IE 6 with latest update) displays a file download > >> > >> > >dialogue instead of displayng the page. > > > > > >>This site has worked completely fine for the past 6 months, so I'm sure > >> > >> > >it's not the code. This just suddenly started happening late last night. > >This seems like a server problem to me. > > > > > >>Sam > >> > >> > >> > >>Solution history on ticket: > >>9/11/2003 6:49:55 PM - Yemi A.: > >>Sam Folk-Williams, > >>Thanks for contacting technical support. > >> > >>Our engineers have determined that these issues are being caused by > >> > >> > >malicious activity. This is being done by a footer being inserted into the > >pages by IIS. It is not actually modifying any of your code or compromising > >any of your passwords. Due to the severity of this issue, we are directing > >all available external and internal resources to minimize the impact to our > >customers and to prevent future re-occurrences. > > > > > >>We are committed to continue working around the clock to resolve these > >> > >> > >issues. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you sure they have IIS running? the erro message you mentioned on > top gives me a feeling its a *nix system? > > could it be possible that they upgraded their system recently and > screwed up something? > > R'twick -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php