1. Solaris

Hi all, I'm using Solaris 8 right now. Recently I've a task that needs to log down all unsuccessful login to a log for auditing purpose. What steps do I have to take to log down all login failure logs? Do I've to edit a certain file for it or done by the X-window mode? BTW, do I have to... (2 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Gang, Running a script in AIX 5.3. Users wanted me to add a "confirm you want to run script, enter 'y' or 'n'" kind of thing... here is what I came up with: #!/bin/sh myfile=`basename "$1"` dateNow=`date "+%m.%d.%Y.%H.%M.%S"` # Get current date mydatedfile=$myfile.$dateNow... (2 Replies)

3. Web Development

Hi Everybody, I was wondering if it was possible for someone to gain access to my Perl CGI scripts before they are interpreted by Perl (mod_perl on apache2) i.e. getting a hold of my raw scripts and not the html output? Let's say I use the DBI module where I have the hostname, user and... (2 Replies)

4. Red Hat

Hi All, I am trying to send a mail from my application through SMTP in solaris 9 but unable to send a mail.Same code is able to send mail in Windows. As unix has more security,So as per me,it is due to security reason.. So please let me know what I need to do to send a mail properly. what... (5 Replies)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello, One of the senior network admins at work told me that I should not hard code temp files into my scripts. Rather I should use the mktemp commands in the script to create them on the fly. His argument was that if a malicious user knew the name of my temp files in the script they could... (6 Replies)

6. Red Hat

Hi all, Can someone please help to provide solutions for below security-related Linux server issue? Level : 2 UDP Constant IP Identification Field Fingerprinting Vulnerability Level : 2 TCP Sequence Number Approximation Based Denial of Service Level : 2 Operating System Detected Level : 2... (1 Reply)

7. Red Hat

Hello, I have issue with my Zimbra Mail Server 6.0.7. In that i have configured HTTPS for client login and for whole session. but it stills communicate in http based authentication. due to that some sniffing software are easily sniffing details. So how do i configure completely HTTPS in... (3 Replies)

8. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

$ finger yeti Login: yeti Name: yeti Directory: /arpa/tz/y/yeti Shell: /bin/ksh On since Wed Apr 2 15:24 (UTC) on pts/149 Mail last read Mon Mar 31 11:08 2014 (UTC) No Plan. Hi there, I am trying to... (2 Replies)

9. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

Hi there, I am trying to understanding the difference between X11, host- based versus user-based access controls. And how vulnerability can the X11 settings be and why it is recommended to turn it off. (1 Reply)