On 6 Jun 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc, in article
<1149606538.340638.226950@j55g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
markstarmer@markstarmer.co.uk wrote:

>I managed to get the problem sorted... It turned out to be the settings
>of the file attributes...
>
>I changed them using
>[CODE]
>[root@ root]# chattr -ais [B]<filename>[/B]
>[/CODE]
>and it fixed my problem after changing the ownership and group back to
>root...

But how did the +i attribute get set in the first place, and how did the
username/group get changed?

Mark, there really is a strong reason why several of us responders to your
posting in comp.os.linux.security  told you to expect that you've been
0wn3d.   Those changes only happen by intent, or if you have someone with
access who is playing without having a clue to what they are doing. Either
one is bad news.

Old guy

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