[Watford] Books and login and stuff

[Alain Williams]

On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 01:13:16PM +0100, David Pead wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Got my book last week from Apress, as well as a few more due next  
> week (including "Beginning Android" Steve ;) ).
> Therefore, want to flex my newfound Sys Ad muscles (ahem) by breaking  
> the SLUG.
> "Let me in, let me in, or I'll huff and I'll puff" and get my  
> knickers in a twist... Toby ...come on, it only gets interesting if  

What username would you wish ? Please let me know, also a mobile # to which
I will text your initial password.

> someone breaks it or breaks into it. Alains on the case with the  
> rsync's anyhoo? :D
> I take it no more activity from China then?

I have just had a look. This morning it was the French. Sacre Bleu! It is
time to resurect ze admiral Lord Nelson!

Also Rogers Cable -- that is Canada is it not ?
The someone in Dallas, then Georgia (USA), ...

If you want a simple programming task: how about looking at the log files, working out
where the attacks have come from and generate a summary.

I have modified /opt/etc/openssh/sshd_config to forbid root logins. Please login
as yourself and go sudo. The current sudoers are:

	plum addw jason bahulneel yvan


> Also, as Alain suggested a while back, might be nice to have a book  
> review section on the SLUG. Good idea, I'll champion that if no-one  
> else will. Thought I might champion a Linux Newbie section too? On  
> the forum, it's own little blog or via the CMS?

Go for it!

Please remember to record any changes that you make in /etc/Hacks

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Alain Williams
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