10-14-2010
UUCP attack?
Is this an attack attempt? I got an e-mail from 'uucp Admin' last night and again this morning:
Quote:
remote execution [uucp job chesterA4f49 (10/13-17:23:32)]
page 5024196167 STARTED retry
execution permission denied to chester!root
remote execution [uucp job chesterA4f4b (10/14-4:09:18)]
page 5024196167 PROCESS retry
execution permission denied to chester!root
What does it mean and what can I do about it? Thanks
Last edited by ctafret; 10-14-2010 at 10:13 AM..
Reason: formating
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Foreign(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual Foreign(4)
NAME
Foreign - Logs contact attempts from unknown systems
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/uucp/.Admin/Foreign
DESCRIPTION
The /usr/lib/uucp/.Admin/Foreign file lists access attempts by unknown systems. The /usr/lib/uucp/remote.unknown shell script appends an
entry to the Foreign file each time a remote computer that is not listed in the local /usr/lib/uucp/Systems file attempts to communicate
with that local system.
Someone with superuser authority can customize entries in the Foreign file to fit the needs of a specific site by modifying the
remote.unknown shell script.
EXAMPLES
The following is a sample entry in the Foreign file:
Wed Sep 20 20:38:22 CDT 1989: call from the system merlin
System merlin, which is not listed in the /usr/lib/uucp/Systems file, attempted to log in on September 20 at 10:38 p.m., but the uucp pro-
gram did not allow the unknown system to log in.
FILES
Describes access permissions for remote systems Describes accessible remote systems Records contacts from unknown systems in the Foreign
file Contains the Foreign file and other uucp administrative files
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: uucp(1), uudemon.cleanu(4), uux(1)
Daemons: cron(8), uucico(8), uuxqt(1) delim off
Foreign(4)