POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Biggest /var/log/messsages : Re: Biggest /var/log/messsages Server Time
6 Sep 2024 19:18:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Biggest /var/log/messsages  
From: Doctor John
Date: 29 Oct 2008 11:00:41
Message: <49087a99@news.povray.org>
Doctor John wrote:
> Start auditing new client's machines. Quick look through log files....
> On server01 /var/log/messages is 83 GiB!!!! That's in less than a month
> - oldest message is dated 1 Oct 2008. This guy needs help ;-)
> 
> Anyone seen bigger log files?
> 
> John
FWIW the reason for the file's size was a bunch of dictionary attacks on
ssh. They failed but why was port 22 open to the internet in the first
place?

John

-- 
"Eppur si muove" - Galileo Galilei


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