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On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 12:11:44PM -0500, John Mills wrote:
&gt; ALErs -
&gt; 
&gt; I found suspicious reports in the last few 'logwatch' reports on my 
&gt; RH-7.3 setup. The latest couple say:
&gt; 
&gt; =-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=
&gt;  --------------------- sendmail Begin ------------------------
&gt; 
&gt; 1011642 bytes transferred
&gt; 186 messages sent
&gt; 
&gt; **Unmatched Entries**
&gt; 
&gt; iBE2IgI27139: Authentication-Warning: otter.localdomain: jmills owned 
&gt; process doing -bs
&gt; iBE2R4927161: Authentication-Warning: otter.localdomain: jmills owned 
&gt; process doing -bs
&gt; iBE2UeP27173: Authentication-Warning: otter.localdomain: jmills owned 
&gt; process doing -bs
&gt; iBE2Yri27184: Authentication-Warning: otter.localdomain: jmills owned 
&gt; process doing -bs
&gt; 
&gt; 
&gt;  ---------------------- sendmail End -------------------------
&gt; ...
&gt; =-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=
&gt; 
&gt; and:
&gt; =-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=
&gt; ...
&gt;  --------------------- sendmail Begin ------------------------
&gt; 
&gt; 9038537 bytes transferred
&gt; 390 messages sent
&gt;  
&gt;  ---------------------- sendmail End -------------------------
&gt; ...
&gt; =-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=
&gt; 
&gt; I've been seeing those &quot;doing -bs&quot; lines since setting up my mail service, 
&gt; but I can't account for those massive numbers of messages.
&gt; 
&gt; Coincidentally(?), I no longer see those bogus attempts at SSH logins 
&gt; from scripts that try all manner of ususal accounts and passwords.
&gt; 
&gt; I'm running 'sendmail-8.11.6-23.73' from the RH rpms, and use 
&gt; 'fetchmail-5.9.0-21.7.3' to collect mail from my ISP's POP server.
&gt; 
&gt; What should I look for in /var/log/maillog (or elsewhere) to track this 
&gt; down?
&gt; 
&gt; TIA.
&gt; 
&gt;  - John Mills
&gt;    john.m.mills at alum.mit.edu
&gt; 
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