ssh 'attack'

Roger Oberholtzer roger
Fri Aug 27 10:57:56 PDT 2004


On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 17:07, Ken Moffat wrote:
> Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> 
> >Following up my earlier question about odd (and failed) attempts to log
> >in as various users via ssh, I now see that the attacking systems have
> >added 'root' to the users they are trying. Anyone else notice this?
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> What log are these showing up it? (so I can check)

On Caldera it is in /var/log/messages. I get this mailed to me each
night for review in the morning.



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