> with a Session-Timeout of 18000 (5 hours).. but every once in a while ALL
> the Session-Timeout lines disapear from my users file ??? I have checked
> with everyone at the office and nobody is touching that file.. and I was
> wondering what could cause this problem?? and how to fix it??
Try changing the file permissions on it so only you have access. Take
root access away from everyone for a week or so. Change the root password
so any of your customers don't have access. I'll bet 50$ you won't see the
users file change.
I'm not that much of a linux fan but even I have to admit its fairly
stable and usable. It nor any other unix type will not lose info in a
file unless its either a corrupted area on the hard disk, a software ap
is modifying it, or a person is modifying it.
Run diskdefect -a -scv wd0
or maybe in linux its diskdefect -a -svc /dev/hda
(or what ever hard drive is in the sequence).
to see if you have bad sectors. diskdefect will do a more thourough job
than fsck. Like fsck you will have to go to single user mode. You cannot
run diskdefect in multiuser, especially if you have a scsi backbone.
Do NOT under any circumstances put a w in the switch options. diskdefect
-a -svcw will scan your hard drive, verbosely show you the progress, create
a new badblock table and format your hard drive in the process.
Of course, this assumes linux supports diskdefect. Their may be a similar
command or an altogether different command. In any event, once you have
proven there are no bad sectors on the hard drive then you can justify
removing access from your staff. Somebody is not being truthful there.
If they have write access to the user file then they have write access to
the password file. If they'll change one they'll change another. Watch
your ass.
Rob
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