Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:08:36 +0300 From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledomenet.gr> To: "Dave" <dmehler26@woh.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unknown class root from sshd Message-ID: <200604121408.37222.nvass@teledomenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <002a01c65e1c$f55dac90$0200a8c0@satellite> References: <001601c65e0f$f17317d0$0200a8c0@satellite> <200604121237.18479.nvass@teledomenet.gr> <002a01c65e1c$f55dac90$0200a8c0@satellite>
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On Wednesday 12 April 2006 13:36, Dave wrote:
> Hello,
> Thank you for your reply. I have not changed the class for root
I 've sent a correction about this. I guess some user logging in is in
a non-defined class
What awk -F ":" '{ if ($5 != "") print $1, $5 }' /etc/master.passwd says?
> and this is
> occurring on several machines, all 6.x.
That's pretty strange!
> Thanks.
> Dave.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nikos Vassiliadis" <nvass@teledomenet.gr>
> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; "Dave" <dmehler26@woh.rr.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 5:37 AM
> Subject: Re: unknown class root from sshd
>
> > On Wednesday 12 April 2006 12:03, Dave wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> I'm seeing this in my /var/log/messages from sshd on freebsd6. I'm
> >> concerned that i'm being probed.
> >>
> >> sshd(pid): login_getclass: unknown class 'root'
> >> Has anyone seen this?
> >
> > Class is the fifth field in /etc/master.passwd
> > It is a BSD thing and doesn't appear in /etc/passwd
> > read man 5 passwd
> >
> > the first line of my /etc/master.passwd is:
> > root:password_here:0:0::0:0:Charlie &
> > class field -------------------^
> >
> > In the default setup class is null, which means default
> > class. There is no root class(by default). Classes are
> > defined in /etc/login.conf
> >
> > So, did you change the class field for root?
> >
> >> Thanks.
> >> Dave.
> >>
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