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RE: [cobalt-users] [Raq4] Cron <root@ns4> if [ -x "/tmp/core/own" ] ; then "/tmp/core/own";



Hi

> My admin mailbox is getting this message every MINUTE
> Can anyone teel me what this is ??
> 
> Cron <root@ns4> if [ -x "/tmp/core/own" ] ; then "/tmp/core/own";
> /bin/sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Whoa there! That's someone who has brute-forced a cronjob into /etc/crontab, or /etc/cron.d/
More than likely either you have run the recent RaQF*ck.sh script, or one of your local users has.

"killall -9 crond" will help you out, at least to start with - it'll get rid of the offending cron job. Then all you have to do is work out where it came from...

Graeme
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Graeme Fowler
System Administrator
Host Europe Group PLC