Security question regarding root email

Dotan Cohen dotancohen at gmail.com
Mon Jan 2 14:27:09 UTC 2006


On 1/2/06, Charles Howse <chowse at charter.net> wrote:
> > On 1/1/06, Charles Howse <chowse at charter.net> wrote:
> >>> I haven't read root's email in about a month. Now that I get around to
> >>> it, I am suprised to see things that I have never seen before, such
> >>> as:
> >>>  --------------------- pam_unix Begin ------------------------
> >>>  kde-np:
> >>>     Unknown Entries:
> >>>        session opened for user dotancohen by (uid=0): 1 Time(s)
> >>>  ---------------------- pam_unix End -------------------------
> >> For the above, I would find out what kde-np is.  What little Googling I did
> >> suggests it's a script that provides auto-login for some other application.
> >> Might not be anything to worry about.
> >> You're seeing it here because LogWatch hasn't been told to ignore it.
> >>
> >
> > I also do not remember installing kde-np, or ever using it. As it
> > seems to have to do with login, it MAY be becaue I logged out and then
> > back in on that day? Not that I remember doing such.
>
> Further research indicates that kde-np is installed when you install
> kdebase, which are the core files for the K Desktop environment.  Probably
> installed during FC4 installation, when you chose to install KDE.

Yes, I found this out as well. So it is strange that I have never
gotten this message before. Maybe the update to kde 3.5 had something
to do with it.

>
> Do you have your box configured to log you in automatically on startup?
> If I am not mistaken, kdm and kde-np provide autologin.

Yes, it does automatically log me in.

>
> I found this by searching http://rpm.pbone.net for kde-np, which told me
> that it is provided my kdebase, then I searched http://google.com for "what
> is kde-np" (without the quotes), and found out about autologin on the second
> page, third hit.  That hit has to do with FreeBSD, but it's the same file.

Hehe, I did almost the same query: I searched for "kde-np is" WITH the
quotes. I aslo came across a FreeBSD page (actually a mailing list),
but it gave me enough info to identigy kde-np and to realized that
this is no concern.

>
> > Yes, much research. That's why there's google! Thank you very much.
>
> You're welcome.  As they say, "Google is your friend!"  :)
>

Google most certainly is!

Dotan Cohen
http://technology-sleuth.com/short_answer/what_is_hdtv.html
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