[ale] /tmp set to read-only on boot (need help)

[Sergio Chaves]

I had a similar problem when my mandrake box was hacked.
Take a look at /etc/passwd and shadow for some strange entry.
Also, check all running processes. Thats how I found out I was being used as a 
spammer. My system would slow down dramaticaly at random times.

If this is your case, "crontab -l" should list all paths to the crap installed 
in your server.

Make sure to set all other "users" in /etc/passwd to /bin/false 
or /sbin/nologin.


my 2 cents

Sergio



On Thursday 16 June 2005 12:42 pm, Ryan Fish wrote:
> Yes, it is possible.  However, I do not know how I would be able to tell if
> that happened as I was not at a console when I rebooted the server.  It did
> take quite a long time for it to come back online though...
>
> -Ryan
>
> > From: Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com>
> > Date: 2005/06/16 Thu PM 12:38:56 EDT
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> > Subject: Re: [ale] /tmp set to read-only on boot (need help)
> >
> > Is it possible /tmp had a fsck error during boot and was mounted ro
> > temporarily?
> >
> > -Jim P.
> >
> > On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 11:50 -0400, Ryan Fish wrote:
> > > I'm not sure why, but /tmp is set to read-only on a RHEL3 AS server.  I
> > > am trying to set it back to allow writing but am failing so far.
> > >
> > > Here is what I am seeing (I am unable to write to /tmp in any manner.):
> > >
> > > [root at mcdb02 root]# crontab -e
> > > /tmp/crontab.17515: Read-only file system
> > >
> > >
> > > When trying to force the mounts to setup I see the following:
> > >
> > > [root at mcdb02 root]# mount -a
> > > mount: /dev/sda1 already mounted or /boot busy
> > >
> > > There is no mention of /tmp in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
> > >
> > > I can write to other locations on the server.
> > >
> > > Any ideas on what I can try to get this fixed?  I guess a clean reboot
> > > should allow it to function properly again but I am trying to get by
> > > without doing that.
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > > -Ryan
> > >
> > >
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