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Messages in /var/log/secure

Post by Sean Murph » Sun, 07 Jan 2001 07:04:23



I'm getting the following entries in my /var/log/secure log file:

Jan  3 04:43:02 linux xinetd[2218]: FAIL: ftp libwrap from=213.1.127.26
Jan  4 03:06:07 linux xinetd[2218]: FAIL: ftp libwrap from=24.160.136.69
Jan  4 03:06:10 linux xinetd[19213]: USERID: ftp OTHER :root
Jan  4 03:06:43 linux xinetd[2218]: FAIL: ftp libwrap from=24.160.136.69
Jan  4 03:06:43 linux xinetd[19214]: USERID: ftp OTHER :root
Jan  5 05:13:21 linux xinetd[2218]: FAIL: ftp libwrap
from=207.105.159.130

What do they mean and do I need to be worried about them?  I'm a bit
concerned about the fact that the contain the word "root" in them, which
naturally I don't want root connecting to my machine from anywhere!

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