Re: Logging passwords of SSH attacks

2009-01-17 Thread Florian Mickler
On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:44:38 + Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > people > > often confuse which password they have to enter where, and thus > > valid passwords would wander into the logs for malicous people to > > collect and use at other sites. > > auth.log is only readable to sysadmins. > oh wha

Re: Logging passwords of SSH attacks

2009-01-16 Thread Florian Mickler
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:10:44 +0200 "Dotan Cohen" wrote: > I get a few thousands of these every day in the logs: > Illegal users from: > 70.85.222.106 (sales.gbdweb.com): 518 times >anna/password: 1 time >apache/password: 1 time >arthur/password: 1 time >attack/

Re: destroying one's account

2009-01-14 Thread Florian Mickler
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:33:24 -0800 Mike McClain wrote: > I read an article last year (wish I could remember where) > by a fellow involved in teaching computers to retirees who > claimed a much better learning rate with teaching command line > rather than GUI due to immediate recognizable feedbac

Re: destroying one's account, the easy way?

2009-01-14 Thread Florian Mickler
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:06:28 +0900 Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 07:56:56PM +0100, Florian Mickler wrote: > > What are the big Do's and Don'ts if you setup a linux desktop for > > senior beginners? > > There is no easy way to teach user not to destro

Re: destroying one's account, the easy way?

2009-01-14 Thread Florian Mickler
Hello Lisi! On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:38:04 + Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 12 January 2009 18:56:56 Florian Mickler wrote: > > What are the big Do's and Don'ts if you setup a linux desktop for > > senior beginners? > > I do the following: > > Set up t

Re: destroying one's account, the easy way?

2009-01-14 Thread Florian Mickler
Hello! On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:31:31 -0600 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: > On Monday 2009 January 12 12:56:56 Florian Mickler wrote: > >soon i found out, that she had tried to clean up her homefolder > >(organizing her files in folders, as she has learned in some &

Re: destroying one's account, the easy way?

2009-01-14 Thread Florian Mickler
Hello Todd! On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:22:39 -0800 "Todd A. Jacobs" wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 07:56:56PM +0100, Florian Mickler wrote: > > > somehow she has succeeded in moving her complete homefolder > > (.*-files included) into subfolders of her homefolder..

Re: destroying one's account, the easy way?

2009-01-14 Thread Florian Mickler
Hi Ron! On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:05:22 -0600 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 01/12/09 12:56, Florian Mickler wrote: > [snip] > > > > That resulted in landing in a complete new gnome-environment. and as > > she is a beginner at computers and of age, she couldn't cope

destroying one's account, the easy way?

2009-01-12 Thread Florian Mickler
Hi! Last week my mother (supplied by me with a debian-testing system, running kde) did call me with fear in hear voice: "the computer isn't working anymore! and all my files are lost! and my emails! and the internet has vanished!" soon i found out, that she had tried to clean up her homefolder (o