RE: hack attempt on my server...What do you do about this?

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On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 22:13, Scot L. Harris wrote:
> > 
> > Better make that command:    
> > 
> > 	mail -u root 
> > 
> > or it won't work.
> 
> Not true.  I said to login or su to the root user before running the
> mail command.
> 
Yes, you are right that it will work if you login. But,  if you simply
su and then run the command: mail without switches, it will check the
user account by default, not the root account.

-- 
L. Parker
chief cook, bottle washer and sometime sysadmin
cacaphony.net

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