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nekba software upgrade
by Thomas Krichel 12 Dec '10

12 Dec '10

I made an emergency upgrade this morning following http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2010/msg00181.html -- Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel

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security on nebka
by Thomas Krichel 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

It looks like somebody came from khufu, got in as tim, then changed to root using sudo. Tim is in /etc/sudoers. Dec 1 19:41:18 nebka sshd[3389]: Accepted keyboard-interactive/pam for tim from 129.3.20.41 port 35641 ssh2 That's khufu. But I can't see how he got into khufu. Dec 1 19:41:18 nebka sshd[3389]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user tim by (uid=0) Dec 1 19:45:01 nebka CRON[3812]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Dec 1 19:45:01 nebka CRON[3812]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root Dec 1 19:46:01 nebka CRON[4269]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user aras by (uid=0) Dec 1 19:46:29 nebka sshd[4294]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=informatika.brkk.hu user=root Dec 1 19:46:31 nebka sshd[4292]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from informatika.brkk.hu Dec 1 19:48:17 nebka CRON[4269]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user aras Dec 1 19:49:16 nebka su[4369]: pam_unix(su:auth): authentication failure; logname=tim uid=1001 euid=0 tty=pts/1 ruser=tim rhost= user=aras Dec 1 19:49:19 nebka su[4369]: pam_authenticate: Authentication failure Dec 1 19:49:19 nebka su[4369]: FAILED su for aras by tim Dec 1 19:49:19 nebka su[4369]: - pts/1 tim:aras Dec 1 19:49:24 nebka su[4371]: pam_unix(su:auth): authentication failure; logname=tim uid=1001 euid=0 tty=pts/1 ruser=tim rhost= user=root Dec 1 19:49:27 nebka su[4371]: pam_authenticate: Authentication failure Dec 1 19:49:27 nebka su[4371]: FAILED su for root by tim Dec 1 19:49:27 nebka su[4371]: - pts/1 tim:root Dec 1 19:49:35 nebka sudo: tim : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/aras ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/su - Dec 1 19:49:36 nebka su[4373]: Successful su for root by root Dec 1 19:49:36 nebka su[4373]: + pts/1 root:root I removed the user tim. I can't find a rootkit. Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel

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Re: [RAS] Cron <aras@nebka> /home/aras/acis/bin/clean-up >> /home/aras/acis/clean-up.log
by Thomas Krichel 05 Dec '10

05 Dec '10

Cron Daemon writes > [6614] Forking a request: ACIS: l/e/leopold.simar(a)uclouvain.be.xml > [6614] Forking a request: ACIS: a/w/a.weichenrieder(a)em.uni-frankfurt.de.xml > [6614] Forking a request: ACIS: f/r/francesco.pastore(a)unina2.it.xml > [6614] Forking a request: ACIS: p/b/pbrenton(a)worldbank.org.xml > [6614] Forking a request: ACIS: m/s/msmoav(a)huji.ac.il.xml > [6614] Forking a request: ACIS: e/v/evzen.kocenda(a)cerge-ei.cz.xml > [6614] Forking a request: ACIS: m/c/mcincera(a)ulb.ac.be.xml > [6614] Forking a request: ACIS: t/v/t.valletti(a)imperial.ac.uk.xml > [6614] Forking a request: ACIS: s/w/swank(a)few.eur.nl.xml > DBD::mysql::st execute failed: MySQL server has gone away at /home/aras/acis/lib/sql_helper.pm line 453. > ...propagated at /home/aras/acis/lib/sql_helper.pm line 296. I restarted the daemon. Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel

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Re: [RAS] Cron <aras@nebka> /home/aras/acis/bin/clean-up >> /home/aras/acis/clean-up.log
by Christian Zimmermann 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Usual procedure does not work: aras@nebka:~/acis/userdata$ rid stop Killing control_daemon with pid 7937 /home/aras/acis/bin/rid: line 63: kill: (7937) - No such process Wait for control_daemon to exit................................. gave up waiting! Probably the daemon is busy. aras@nebka:~/acis/userdata$ rid start going to start RI daemon (/home/aras/acis/bin/control_daemon.pl) pid file /home/aras/acis/RI/daemon.pid is present aborting aras@nebka:~/acis/userdata$ All I can do, in classroom for the next hours. On Thu, 2 Dec 2010, Cron Daemon wrote: > [18209] Forking a request: ACIS: k/i/kisinbay(a)yahoo.com.xml > [18209] Forking a request: ACIS: e/s/esteban.perez(a)cepal.org.xml > [18209] Forking a request: ACIS: o/l/olivier.cardi(a)u-paris2.fr.xml > [18209] Forking a request: ACIS: a/z/a.zapechelnyuk(a)qmul.ac.uk.xml > [18209] Forking a request: ACIS: s/t/steven.poelhekke(a)dnb.nl.xml > [18209] Forking a request: ACIS: c/o/colemat(a)gmail.com.xml > [18209] Forking a request: ACIS: q/u/quentin.max.david(a)gmail.com.xml > [18209] Forking a request: ACIS: m/p/m.pugno(a)unicas.it.xml > [18209] Forking a request: ACIS: m/a/matias.braun(a)uai.cl.xml > DBD::mysql::st execute failed: MySQL server has gone away at /home/aras/acis/lib/sql_helper.pm line 453. > ...propagated at /home/aras/acis/lib/sql_helper.pm line 296. >

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Re: [RAS] long process
by Thomas Krichel 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Christian Zimmermann writes > OK, but why is it continuously using a CPU? Because of persistent perl. But it does look like it is taking up a lot of cpu time. I killed it. Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel

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long process
by Christian Zimmermann 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

There is a a.cgi process that has been running for weeks on nebka. What is that? Christian Zimmermann FIGUGEGL! Department of Economics University of Connecticut 341 Mansfield Road, Unit 1063 Storrs, CT 06269-1063 http://ideas.repec.org/zimm/ christian.zimmermann(a)uconn.edu http://ideas.repec.org/e/pzi1.html

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APU frequency
by Christian Zimmermann 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Currently, we have 14 automatic profile updates an hour. With 33000 registered users, this means that every profile gets a look every 100 days. This delay becomes longer if some profiles get works automatically added. So it is in reality probably closer to 120 days. One could argue that this is too long. I have had a few people ask whether we stopped sending emails when new works are found. I suppose this is because the delays are becoming long (and I hope APU is not missing people, that would be an entirely different issue). So my question is: can we afford to increase the number of hourly APUs? Christian Zimmermann FIGUGEGL! Department of Economics University of Connecticut 341 Mansfield Road, Unit 1063 Storrs, CT 06269-1063 http://ideas.repec.org/zimm/ christian.zimmermann(a)uconn.edu http://ideas.repec.org/e/pzi1.html

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Cron <aras@nebka> /usr/bin/db4.6_checkpoint -1 -h ~/acis/RI/data && /usr/bin/db4.6_archive -d -h ~/acis/RI/data (fwd)
by Christian Zimmermann 27 Sep '10

27 Sep '10

What the heck is that? Christian Zimmermann FIGUGEGL! Department of Economics University of Connecticut 341 Mansfield Road, Unit 1063 Storrs, CT 06269-1063 http://ideas.repec.org/zimm/ christian.zimmermann(a)uconn.edu http://ideas.repec.org/e/pzi1.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:27:39 -0400 From: Cron Daemon <root(a)authors.repec.org> To: "aras(a)authors.repec.org" <aras(a)authors.repec.org> Subject: Cron <aras@nebka> /usr/bin/db4.6_checkpoint -1 -h ~/acis/RI/data && /usr/bin/db4.6_archive -d -h ~/acis/RI/data db4.6_checkpoint: unable to join the environment db4.6_archive: unable to join the environment

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[RePEc] new institution (fwd)
by Christian Zimmermann 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

The affiliation suggestion below was created when John Lott confirmed his registration. But his template is nowhere to be found! This is a rather big deal, as this is a really big shot in the profession. I tried looking in the logs and find nothing about an account deletion or a change in email address. The only thing I can think of is that the email was sent out when he let his temporary registration expire. That would seem very odd. Christian Zimmermann FIGUGEGL! Department of Economics University of Connecticut 341 Mansfield Road, Unit 1063 Storrs, CT 06269-1063 http://ideas.repec.org/zimm/ christian.zimmermann(a)uconn.edu http://ideas.repec.org/e/pzi1.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:35:03 -0400 From: RePEc Author Service <authors(a)repec.org> To: "Zimmermann, Christian" <christian.zimmermann(a)uconn.edu> Cc: John R. Lott <johnrlott(a)aol.com> Subject: [RePEc] new institution name: University of Maryland name-english: location: College Park, MD (USA) homepage: http://www.umd.edu email: Submitted by user: John R. Lott <johnrlott(a)aol.com> while editing record repec:per:2010-09-13:john_r_lott Added to the record? yes Christian Zimmermann for the RePEc Author Service team --- All the details are on the RePEc Author Service site: http://authors.repec.org/

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REPEC profile - problem in listing papers already in the database (fwd)
by Christian Zimmermann 08 Sep '10

08 Sep '10

Why can I not get template RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:4511 to load in RAS? This is not the first time updareq says it reads a file but really reads another one: updareq RePEc wbk/wbrwps/4511.rdf 1 Thu Sep 2 19:58:34 2010 request: source: /home/aras/acis/bin/updareq [7804] collection: RePEc update: wbk/wbrwps/4511.rdf (1) U DATAFILE_START: wbk/wbrwps/4511.rdf file: wbk/wbrwps/4545.rdf no need to check it to draw conclusions the record is still there U DATAFILE_FINISH: wbk/wbrwps/4511.rdf Thu Sep 2 19:58:34 2010 processed wbk/wbrwps/4511.rdf in RePEc Thu Sep 2 19:58:34 2010 time: 0 wallclock secs ( 0.26 usr + 0.04 sys = 0.30 CPU) Christian Zimmermann FIGUGEGL! Department of Economics University of Connecticut 341 Mansfield Road, Unit 1063 Storrs, CT 06269-1063 http://ideas.repec.org/zimm/ christian.zimmermann(a)uconn.edu http://ideas.repec.org/e/pzi1.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 09:34:36 -0400 From: "m.asadullah(a)reading.ac.uk" <m.asadullah(a)reading.ac.uk> To: "Zimmermann, Christian" <christian.zimmermann(a)uconn.edu> Cc: "m.asadullah(a)reading.ac.uk" <m.asadullah(a)reading.ac.uk> Subject: REPEC profile - problem in listing papers already in the database Dear Chris I am writing for i am having problem in adding a paper to my profile that has been in REPEC database since 2008! http://ideas.repec.org/p/wbk/wbrwps/4511.html I tried many things but failed; when i do the manual or automatic search, this paper never shows up and hence cann't be added to my profile. I also have a similar problem with another paper which was uploaded a week ago http://ideas.repec.org/p/iza/izadps/dp5146.html Any help will be much appreciated Thanks. Niaz

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