brute force ssh attack

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On 4/29/05, M.Rudra <dr.rudra at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/27/05, Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron at camerontech.com> wrote:
> > > something.) Also check in /tmp and /var. And any luck with the
> > > .bash_history? (For both the users and for root....)
> >
> > Especially /var/tmp - that's a common place for rootkits to live.
> 
> a doubt  here ,
> 
> i checked /tmp and found
> 
> srwxrwxrwx    1 wnn      wnn             0 Apr 27 22:30 jd_sockV4
> why does this file (socket) have different owner and user, while all
> others have either root or  userabc.
> 
> drwxrwxrwt    2 xfs      xfs          4096 Apr 29 22:30 .font-unix
> this hidden file also has different permission and different owner and
> user, while others have either root or  userabc.
> 
> xfs and wnn ? are not users created by me so where did they come from ?
xfs is the font server, do not know whay wnn is. Check /etc/passwd
for the list of users for the system.

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