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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4572- September 16, 2024 - Home : Help : Today's Tip
Unix Tip #4572- September 16, 2024

MONITORING ROOT IN THE PASSWORD FILE


One of the popularly known method of breaking into a Unix host
is by inserting a uid value 0 in the /etc/passwd file which could
be done in many ways including backdoors for later accesses .

The script below displays warning messages on the console if
such changes a detacted. Simply place the script in the crontab
and run as frequent as you wish.

------------------------------CUT HERE-----------------------------------------

for id in `awk 'FS=":" {if(($3 == 0 && $1 != "root" )) print $1}' /etc/passwd`
do
cat << the_end >/dev/console

+----------------------------------------------------------------
|
| `date "+Detacted On Date :%D Time :%r"`
| Break-in ALERT! Login ID `echo ${id}` has uid 0
|
+----------------------------------------------------------------

the_end
done
------------------------------CUT HERE-----------------------------------------



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