[PLUG] /bin/bash: Permission denied

Russell Johnson russ at dimstar.net
Mon Jan 16 07:04:13 UTC 2012


On Jan 15, 2012, at 8:33 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:

> So, kiddies, when this happens, do an "ll -ad /" and pay attention.
> Root is a directory, with permissions like everything else.  If it
> ever gets set to 750, there goes user functionality.  If it gets
> set to 777, there goes your security.

Might I suggest some safeguard, like tripwire, that will monitor the filesystem and alert you to changes? 

Even the open source version could have, with a quick scan of the system, told you what had changed in short order. 

Russell Johnson
russ at dimstar.net






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