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Subject: Re: Hacker Scans - Advice requested
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>
> Is there any way that this can be prevented without impairing the
> services provided by the operating system.
>
they check passwords from dictionary etc.

my advice (i did the same, while i've got scans for "guest" and "test"):

make such account with very simple one word password home /nonexistent and
shell script as shell saying "smile, hidden camera is watching you".