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Article #1282/bin/su.nowheel corrupted - but how!?!
From: Pascal Gaudette
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 21:44
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 21:44
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This is *really* very weird. It worked six days ago, when I last su-ed, but now my /bin/su.nowheel has been corrupted and doesn't work anymore. From my machine (3.0): > nextasy>ls -l /bin/su* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 10 Jan 9 1991 /bin/su -> su.nowheel@ > -r--r--r-- 1 root 2448 Jul 22 11:29 /bin/su.nowheel > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 7096 Jul 21 12:48 /bin/su.wheel* > From a healthy one (3.0): > micro> ls -l /bin/su* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 10 Feb 6 1992 /bin/su -> su.nowheel@ > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root 7048 Jul 21 18:48 /bin/su.nowheel* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 7096 Jul 21 18:48 /bin/su.wheel* > Notice how it's not just the permissions that have changed, the actual file *size* is different. As it is now, even if I give execute permission (and even set the setuid bit on - as I unwisely did before noticing it wasn't just permissions), it doesn't run at all (produces a few error messages and dies)... Notice the modification dates... How could this have happened? Do I have a malevolent hacker on my hands? (I did give an account to someone I don't know very well about one month ago... although I have no reasons to suspect him of anything, and I know from /usr/adm/messages that he hasn't tried to su root.) Any ideas? -- Pascal "The Rascal" Gaudette pascal@nextasy.physics.mcmaster.ca MacNUG president | *NeXTmail encouraged* graduate student, McMaster university | Je ne suis pas infaillible. Physics and astronomy dep. | Vive le Quebec LIBRE!
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!maccs!mcshub!usenet From: pascal@nextasy.physics.mcmaster.ca (Pascal Gaudette) Subject: /bin/su.nowheel corrupted - but how!?! Message-ID: <1992Oct7.214420.8105@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Keywords: malevolent hacker? Sender: usenet@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: nextasy.physics.mcmaster.ca Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 21:44:20 GMT Lines: 40