Re: entry in /etc/passwd

From: Jon Leonard (jleonard@slimy.com)
Date: 05/03/02 

From: Jon Leonard <jleonard@slimy.com>
Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 19:14:02 -0700
To: focus-linux@securityfocus.com

On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 04:37:13PM -0500, Charles Clancy wrote:

[ snip: +::0::0 line in /etc/passwd ]

> > any suggestions? Should I be worried???
>
> Yes -- you should be very worried! :) I suggest removing the line, and
> tracking down how you were attacked.

Some tools will convert a blank lines in /etc/passwd to that form, though
I don't remember which ones. So this might not be the result of malice,
though it should definitely be fixed & investigated.

/etc/passwd is very picky about format, and it is counterproductive to
leave blank lines or try to comment out lines.

Jon Leonard

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