Was I hacked into? who is user "nobody"? please help....

Hi all, a few minutes ago I heard my PC getting into a lot of fuss over something, the HDD was spinning like crazy... so I looked at "top" and found that user "nobody" was running a "find" comand Now, is this a bad thing? it SURE looks liek one. Thanks a lot, Gianguido PS please c

Re: ssh works from windows not from linux; protocol version difference?

So now I have OpenSSH installed (btw, dselect was unable to remove the ssh directories). It uses protocol 1.5 it seems I am running potato and would like to use protocol 2.0 Is that possible? How do I set other preferences like encryption and stuff?? btw, is there any GUI to ssh and its

Re: ssh works from windows not from linux; protocol version difference?

I think it might be a little more complicated than what's below (?) > Hello everyone, > > > after an afternoon fighting with my ethernet card I have finally solved my > problems with it (I hope... :-( ) > > I have installed ssh but can't log into a machine. the strange thing is that > I can

ssh works from windows not from linux

Hello everyone, after an afternoon fighting with my ethernet card I have finally solved my problems with it (I hope... :-( ) I have installed ssh but can't log into a machine. the strange thing is that I can if I try from a Windows PC using PuTTY. I presume it is a question of ssh config

Re: modconf not working, net module 3c59x can't be loaded. any help?

I am not sure I understand... : if I do not add the line "3c59x" manually to /etc/modules then the dmesg does not contain any trace of eth0. So I guess I need to leave that in then?? and carry on with configuring eth0 ...(?) Also, the position of the eth0 part of dmesg with respect to the re

Re: modconf not working, net module 3c59x can't be loaded. any help?

uot; or with "modconf"... the funny thing is that the card/driver shows up at boot time and the is not there anymore. I attach dmesg.txt in case it may help... thanks again, Gianguido Cianci PS: I am aware that I might have all sorts of "useless" or "mutually exclu

modconf not working, net module 3c59x can't be loaded. any help?

stuff during the original Linux installation? I thought I could do it while the kernel was running also, - how do I make sure that module is loaded everytime I reboot the machine? - what is next in terms of seting up a connection to the outside world?? thanks

Screen res; modelines; XF86 ???; ATI 3DPro Turbo

hi, I am wondering if anybody can help: It's my 1st time installing Linux and I am having problems... I have reached a point where the size o fthe screen fits well on the monitor by tweaking the monitor settings. Now my problem is that the resolution is too low. SO how do I find what res I am at