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Date:      Sat, 20 Apr 1996 13:01:52 -0600 (MDT)
From:      John-David Childs <jdc@ism.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   uucpd: passwd read Undefined error 0
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960420123822.27081K-100000@optim.ism.net>

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I'm running 2.1.0-RELEASE on a remote machine and found the following 
message this morning:

/etc>grep uucp /var/log/messages
Apr 20 11:37:48 deimos uucpd[16164]: passwd read: Undefined error: 0
Apr 20 11:53:55 deimos uucpd[16238]: passwd read: Undefined error: 0

Since I am not (yet) offering UUCP services on this particular box, I have
since disabled uucpd in /etc/inetd (stupid me, I forgot to check that
when I installed FreeBSD.  However, I also noticed the following in my
/var/log/user.log

Apr 20 11:38:11 <local ISP competitor>
Apr 20 11:38:14 <local ISP competitor> last message repeated 10 times

/etc/syslog is set so that user.* goes to /var/log/user.log

I am assuming that <local ISP competitor> tried to get some sort
of password list from my FreeBSD box (waste of time, really, since there
are no user files on it ;-).  Any clues appreciated.
--

John-David Childs             www.marsweb.com/www.ism.net
System Administrator          Internet Services Montana (406)721-6277
 & Network Engineer           M@RSWeb - Montana's PREMIER Web Site
"I used up all my sick days...so I'm calling in dead"






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