Re: [Nolug] I think my linux server has been infected???

okay, I will try the knoppix cd and see what happens.I will get a copy of
chkrootkit and run that.

David Cox

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Harney" <scotth@scottharney.com>
To: <nolug@nolug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Nolug] I think my linux server has been infected???

> Charles Cox wrote:
> > Something strange happened over the week-end other than me coming down
> > with the flu.I no longer have access to the internet via my network eth0
> > and all of a sudden my sound is not configured anymore.This all happened
> > about the same time.I tried another network card and nothing.I am using
> > my windows box with the network card that came out of the Linux
> > server.Are there any viruses out there that possibly caused this???
>
> Defintely not a virus. I assume you rebooted the box after you
> witnessed this. perhaps you need to watch the bootup. If it's obscured
> by a graphic you should be able to disable that or use the 'dmesg |
> less' command to view startup messages and kernel messages. Look
> through /var/log/messages and other files in /var/log -- you'll find
> hits there.
>
> I suspect your box had a hardware problem, perhaps a runaway cron job
> process ate up RAM which killed off several processes. Or even just a
> buggy dekstop app can do this.
>
> Consider booting a knoppix CD and see if all your hardware is recognized.
>
> >
> > Also my scsi drives are not showing up either.I had 2 scsi drives which
> > were both fat32 windows.Now they are missing in action I guess.
> >
> > Not sure what to do or how to fix this one?
> >
> > David Cox
>
>
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