[LDM #FKC-383851]: rtstats

Austin,

> > Do you have any idea how those log files got to be owned by root?
> 
> I haven't the slightest idea. This was the second time forcing their
> ownership back to ldm. The ldm user doesn't have sudo capability, and I
> can't think of any other causes.

Very strange.

> iptables is set to log rejected incoming connections and End of chains
> warnings, so most of /var/log/messages consists of UDP Connection
> attempts and End of chains messages for a couple of local IARC machines.
> Otherwise the only other messages (going back to messages.6.gz) are the
> same as those in the ldm log files. I've copied the latest message file
> into the ldm home directory (it's about 900K) if you'd like to take a look.

We didn't find anything in the /var/log/messages file that was useful.

Our sysadmin would like to do some TCP profiling on your system.  Is there
any chance of our getting root access on that system?

> > I noticed a bunch of VMware stuff.  Is this a Windows system on which
> > you're running Linux?
> 
> The opposite. Linux system with VMware running Windows.

Interesting.

> Austin
> 
> --
> Austin Cross
> Graduate Student / Research Assistant
> International Arctic Research Center
> University of Alaska Fairbanks
> Phone: 907-474-2415

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: FKC-383851
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: On Hold