Re: help: ifconfig, reboot, w commands not responding

Sharad Joshi (sharadj@wipinfo.soft.net)
Fri, 18 Dec 1998 12:57:23 +0530

Are u sure your path is not changed ( hacked ) and it contains "/sbin". if it is
indeed, check the perms of that dir.

S.

Dr. S.K. Singh wrote:

> Hi all,
> Due to some reasons (may be because of hacking) file permissions
> of /tmp, /bin, /bin/ps of RH 5.0 kernel 2.0.36 got changed and I had
> problems with the box. After help from linux-net and linux-admin, I was
> able to set the file permissions right.
> I am still facing problem as the commands specific to root i.e
> ifconfig, route, w, reboot are not responding. Please suggest the possible
> measures to overcome the problem.
>
>

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