On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 13:00:48 -0700, "Dr. Peter Roopnarine" <proopnarine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Monday 19 May 2008 12:52:04 pm Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > I have Fedora 5 and 6 installed on my machines. I strangely find > > > > > that I am often unable to login to the machine with my regular > > > password using ssh. Fortunately I have physical access to the machine, > > > which allows me to change the password back. Any idea what could be > > > the reason? > > By changing the password back, you mean that your root password has actually > been changed? If no, then you need to configure ssh to allow remote root > login (not a good idea though). If yes, then it's almost a certainty that > your system has been hacked. Wipe and install Fedora 8 or 9. > Peter That wouldn't be my bet. I doubt someone that gained root access to the machine would change the root password unless it was someone he knows playing a prank on him. I expect there is something else going on here. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list