Re: Securing my Linux-pc? Worried....hacked?

From: Hal Burgiss (hal@burgiss.net)
Date: 05/04/02 

From: Hal Burgiss <hal@burgiss.net>
Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 23:41:57 GMT

On 3 May 2002 15:37:14 -0700, Borge H <borgehaga@hotmail.com> wrote:
> GNOME. I turned the pc off and logged on again. I noticed that the
> "root" account had some mails. There were some "logWatch" messages
> about sshd and sendmail.

The content of these message just might be a nice starting point to
unraveling the mystery! 

-- 
Hal Burgiss

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