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Transcript follows of a MSN session whilst fixing Adrian Raq with Me (Kul) Steve, and Adrian, and Chris B was invited in when the going got tough.
If you don't have a sense of humour and don't like swearing this will most likly be boring for you :(
We found this sooo funny I could not resist sticking it up for posterity...and to remind us all that this is the cutting edge of computing and the way it should be.....
Blank lines are stuff i removed....like passwords and boring lies .... damn lies ;-)
[20:26] Bassi: we still cant login as root
[20:26] Kul: ok one more script ready, u want them all together though steve ?
[20:27] Bassi: yep i will make 1 pkg
[20:27] Bassi: and run it and pray
[20:27] Bassi: you ok with that Adrian ?
[20:27] Aid: yep looks good
[20:27] Bassi: k Kul ... lets go for it
[20:27] Kul: erm did the chown -Rc work ok from pkg (note the -R ) steve ?
[20:27] Bassi: yep
[20:27] Bassi: but
[20:27] Bassi: is -cR
[20:27] Kul: cool, that will save some errors then
[20:27] Kul: ok
[20:28] Bassi: lol this is fun .. i am getting to be such a nerd
[20:28] Bassi: adrian i bet your heart sank when you did this
[20:28] Aid: yep
[20:28] Aid: realised straight away - ctrl+C panic
[20:29] Kul: /home will be a major mess though even after this :(
[20:29] Aid: s'ok, i;ve got a recent backup
[20:29] Bassi: we can rebuild that
[20:29] Bassi: how many sites do you have adrian ?
[20:30] Kul: 0 at prtesent :-)
[20:30] Aid: i think there was 11 at last count
[20:30] Bassi: lol yep i saw that in the gui
[20:36] Kul: thats all i think after that is run ...assuming all the other files from b4 changed
owner/group ok
[20:36] Bassi: k let me build a pkg
[20:36] Kul: eye eye kaptain
[20:36] Bassi: i need more power scotty
[20:37] Kul: netclectic, i did a chown -R porno.siteX ../ from the site dir, and meant to have
one . :-) I never noticed till about 10 mins after it had finished :-)
[20:38] Bassi: lol
[20:38] Aid: ;)
[20:38] Kul: took 2 days to repair 70 sites :(
[20:38] Aid: nasty
[20:39] Kul: im not actually shore this will fix it, but thenext option is the extra root package
i figure
[20:43] Kul: [admin@raqXXX /]$ su someuser
Password:
su: incorrect password
[20:43] Kul: :-(
[20:43] Bassi: mmm
[20:44] Kul: housten we have a problem
[20:44] Kul: not sure how this can be fixed up
[20:44] Bassi: meta verify KUl ?
[20:44] Bassi: run from a pkg
[20:44] Kul: not sure that will help tho
[20:44] Bassi: mmm
[20:45] Kul: is telnet switche don also ?
[20:45] Bassi: how about usradd from a pkg
[20:45] Bassi: can you add a root usr
[20:45] Aid: nope, telnet is off
[20:45] Kul: yeha im thinkign that u could use wills/bb's extra root user pkg
[20:45] Bassi: yep
[20:45] Bassi: may work
[20:45] Kul: can u logout and log in again and then try su - ?
[20:45] Aid: me?
[20:46] Bassi: yep u adrian .. lol
[20:47] Kul: is direct login to root allowd on this machine ?
[20:47] Aid: nope
[20:47] Aid: no joy loggin out and back in
[20:47] Kul: boolux
[20:50] Kul: will says that cobalt have an extraroot pkg
[20:50] Bassi: can we get it ?
[20:51] Kul: duno where it is
[20:51] Aid: i read about that earlier
[20:53] Bassi: sill no virtual sites on the gui
[20:53] Kul: gui is fucked for the moment
[20:54] Kul: if the gui had not have been used inbetween it may have survived tho
[20:54] Kul: i guess
[20:54] Bassi: yep
[20:54] Bassi: ok .. so we need this extra root pkg
[20:55] Kul: im figuring that the root password may be corrupt, or unchanged
[20:55] Bassi: how about i move passwd- back to passwd
[20:56] Kul: not sure, but it could totally trahs it :-)
[20:56] Kul: an we cant even look in the files :(
[20:56] Kul: can u get a cobalt package to grep out the root used from both and save it soemwhere ?
[20:56] Bassi: i think
[20:57] Kul: stash them to screen can you ?
[20:57] Kul: or a file
[20:57] Kul: or anywhere :-)
[20:57] Bassi: file i could do
[20:58] Kul: also do admin whilst at it ?
[20:58] Kul: as they shoudl be the same
[20:58] Kul: but will show up if not
[21:04] Bassi: adrian what time did you run this fatal command ?
[21:04] Aid: ooh. now you're asking
[21:04] Aid: msut have been 3ish
[21:04] Aid: maybe as early as 2
[21:05] Bassi: Kul ... i am thinking
[21:05] Kul: i cantell
[21:07] Aid: the raq was reloaded on may 24 after an alleged hack
[21:07] Bassi: ahh ok
[21:08] Kul: your not doing well
[21:08] Bassi: so thats an original
[21:08] Aid: i mat still have the password that it was reset to after the reload
[21:08] Aid: i'll look
[21:08] Bassi: ohhhhhhh
[21:08] Bassi: great
[21:08] Bassi: that could help
[21:08] Kul: sounds risky :-)
[21:08] Bassi: lol fun tho
[21:12] Aid: what would you guys normally be doing this time on a saturday night?
[21:12] Bassi: masturbating to porn probablly
[21:12] Aid: LOL
[21:12] Kul: speak for ya self
[21:12] Aid: i dont feel so guilty then ;)
[21:12] Bassi: lol
[21:12] Kul: dowloading it
[21:13] Bassi: lol
[21:13] Bassi: actually adrian ..KUL was perfecting his backup service for RAQ owners
[21:13] Aid: yeah. i'd read about it.
[21:13] Aid: too little, too late ;)
[21:14] Kul: lol
[21:22] Bassi: when i su
[21:22] Bassi: su: warning: cannot change directory to /root: Permission denied
su: cannot set groups: Operation not permitted
[21:22] Kul: cool
[21:22] Kul: :(
[21:22] Bassi: says cant set groups
[21:22] Bassi: so this must be a groups problem
[21:23] Kul: i think we need to now find the cobalt extra root thing
[21:24] *** (Burt) has joined the conversation.
[21:24] Bassi: BB we are a tad stuck
[21:24] Kul: no
[21:24] Kul: we are fucked
[21:24] Burt: wish i was
[21:24] Kul: lol
[21:27] Kul: steve can you chmod the sshd_config file in /etc/shh/ so we can read the sodding thing
and change it so its allows root access directly
[21:27] Bassi: yep
[21:27] Bassi: will do
[21:28] Burt: just haxor it - make **************, then run ********* as any user to get root
[21:28] Bassi: ok BB
[21:28] Kul: lol uhhh
[21:30] Bassi: ok .. its in
[21:30] Bassi: now what
[21:31] Burt: run it as a user
[21:31] Bassi: ooh i am root
[21:31] Burt: :)
[21:31] Aid: ooh
[21:31] Bassi: cool bb
[21:31] Kul: cool, now how to fix
[21:31] Bassi: lol good question
[21:32] Burt: heh
[21:32] Burt: what are the perms on /root ?
[21:32] Kul: ideas welcome
[21:35] Kul: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13208 Apr 13 1999 /bin/su
[21:35] Burt: thats wrong
[21:35] Bassi: kul can you correct that i dont need to do a pkg now
[21:35] Bassi: lol
[21:35] Bassi: i have done 16 of the fuckers so far
[21:35] Bassi: lol
[21:35] Burt: lol
[21:36] Burt: chmod 4755 /bin/su
[21:36] Bassi: done
[21:36] Kul: go on steve, im only admin
[21:36] Bassi: ok ..
[21:36] Bassi: all works now in telnet
[21:36] Kul: im now mr root too
[21:36] Burt: dont forget to remove *********** ;)
[21:37] Bassi: thanks bb
[21:37] Kul: lol
[21:39] Kul: i really feel the need for a nice comparison script to check all thes file sand dires
are correct
[21:39] Bassi: go for it
[21:40] * Kul rembers BB's hacking tool :-)
[21:41] Kul: and thinks thats a worthy pkg file :-)
[21:41] Bassi: LMAO
[21:41] Kul: yes
[21:41] Bassi: i have one already
[21:41] * Kul gets it emails to me :-)
[21:44] Bassi: <<---- turning telnet off
[21:45] Bassi: ok still no sites on gui
[21:45] Kul: yups, i jist wondered if it might help get in, but it seemed not :(
[21:45] Bassi: u can ssh in as root kul
[21:46] Kul: [admin@raqXXX /]$ su -
Password:
** ROOT USER WARNING *********************************UK2.NET*****
* If you have root access to this machine and you change system *
[21:46] Bassi: lol
[21:46] Bassi: nice
[21:46] Kul: thats prety conclusive :)
[21:47] Bassi: Adrian .. were your sites showing in the gui before ???
[21:47] Aid: yep
[21:48] Aid: system status from the gui reports
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
[21:48] Kul: or in english....fucked
[21:53] Kul: basically most of home is trahsed also
[21:53] Bassi: kul ... maybe one of you script special
[21:53] * Kul has a blue hat
[21:54] * netclectic has a dunce hat
[21:54] * Steve Bassi now has a black hat since bb showed him how to make backdoor
[21:54] Kul: lol
[21:54] Kul: well dont get confused when drunk with the 3 types of backdoors now
[21:54] Burt: lol
[21:56] Kul: ok so whats the plan :-)
[21:56] Bassi: plan is kul .. can you do a script from your 3 ..
[21:56] Kul: we go and visit netclectric for a beer ?
[21:57] Bassi: its basically home thats trashed is my guess
[21:57] Bassi: so if we change it to what it should be .. we have a chance
[21:57] Bassi: and a lil kul special script could do that ??
[21:57] Kul: steve i knew u were gonna say that :(
[21:57] Bassi: lol
[21:57] Bassi: hey nothing to lose ..
[21:57] Kul: thats he big bugger with zillions of files
[21:57] Bassi: yep
[21:57] Burt: gaw on gaw on gaw on no Kul?
[21:57] Kul: lol
[21:58] Kul: ls -AlR /home/*
[21:58] Kul: erm
[21:58] Bassi: cmon Kul .. it done yet ?
[21:58] Kul: udda winda
[21:58] Bassi: hey maybe we should call Tom in ??
[21:58] Kul: u bogus
[21:59] Kul: this will take a fir while
[21:59] Bassi: lol ...I have time to order dinner then ???
[21:59] Kul: like ten mins to get the listing, then fook knows how long to edit the listing :(
[21:59] Kul: bb, looks that way
[22:00] Kul: still doing a wee listing
[22:00] Kul: tick tock tick tock
[22:01] Kul: i think my raq has got a cold
[22:01] Kul: or should retire as its soo slow
[22:02] Kul: wowo that was slow
[22:02] Bassi: lol big job i would think
[22:04] Kul: still dooonloading de file now
[22:04] Kul: 4 megs, so not too bad :-)
[22:04] Kul: hows the dinner comming steve ?
[22:05] Bassi: called the chinese lady
[22:05] Kul: i bet she is short
[22:05] Bassi: ok i fixed postgres
[22:05] Bassi: we have a site list now
[22:06] Burt: i'm sure since its bassi it wouldnt be a short chinese lady
[22:06] Bassi: lmao
[22:06] Bassi: lol very tall one actually
[22:06] Bassi: i like em tall and skinny
[22:06] Kul: really ?
[22:06] Bassi: Kul yep
[22:06] Kul: most chinese are short
[22:06] Burt: lol, wtf happened that night i was there then?
[22:06] Bassi: lol .. anything would do that night
[22:06] Bassi: black and fat week
[22:07] Burt: lol
[22:07] Kul: lol
[22:07] Bassi: Adrian all your sites now show on the GUI ..
[22:07] Burt: i'm wondering what netclectic thinks of us lot
[22:07] Bassi: this is progress
[22:07] Aid: cool
[22:07] Bassi: BB i think he is from Scotland ... so he thinks we are all sassanach wankers anyway
[22:08] Aid: sassanach wankers who deserve a few beers! ;)
[22:08] Kul: lol
[22:08] * Kul wunders wot that word is
[22:08] Bassi: wanker ?
[22:08] Bassi: or beer
[22:08] Kul: sassanach
[22:08] Bassi: English
[22:08] Bassi: i think
[22:08] Kul: boolux, now i lost what i had in my clip board :(
[22:09] Aid: where bouts are you guys?
[22:09] Bassi: <<--- london
[22:09] Burt: hmmm that new impulse ad rocks
[22:09] Bassi: Adrian if you ask me what i am wearing and my age .. i am gone ok
[22:10] Aid: lol
[22:10] Burt: <<--Geek Pad, Newcastle
[22:10] Kul: <<-- home
[22:15] Aid: glasgow
[22:15] Bassi: thats not so far for beer
[22:15] Bassi: eww
[22:15] Burt: hmmm i'l be there in 30mins to collect the beers for bassi/kul
[22:15] Aid: lol
[22:16] Kul: lol
[22:16] Kul: he will drink them tho :(
[22:16] Burt: rar sure would... no drink in two days *shake*
[22:17] Bassi: lol lol
[22:17] Kul: heh
[22:18] Aid: so what's the current state of affairs? everthing looks ok from the gui.
[22:18] Kul: looks blurred by now if i know bassi
[22:18] Aid: it's starting to looked blurred from here
[22:18] Bassi: loli think i just fixed mail .. can someone try
[22:20] Bassi: ok i didnt
[22:21] Kul: the mail is gonna be well trashed
[22:21] Bassi: i changed sppol to correct group and owner
[22:21] Bassi: spool
[22:21] Kul: the users themselves though :(
[22:22] Kul: /home/spool/mail
[22:22] Bassi: ahhh
[22:22] Bassi: shit nasty
[22:22] Burt: i'm gonna leave you guys to it... bed at 5am, up just after 9am... nn
[22:22] Kul: ok, thx, cyas
[22:22] Aid: cheers!
[22:22] Aid: thanks a lot
[22:22] Bassi: k ... nnn Chris
[22:23] Bassi: thanks m8
[22:23] Burt: have fun trainee haxors ;)
[22:23] *** Burt has left the conversation.
[22:33] Kul: then its time to sort out the email :-)
[22:33] Bassi: yep ok now
[22:34] Kul: am fixing mail now
[22:35] Kul: admin is fixed
[22:36] Bassi: yep
[22:36] Bassi: damn admin has gone again
[22:36] Bassi: no sites
[22:36] Kul: :(
[22:37] Kul: refix what ever u did before
[22:37] Bassi: looking
[22:41] Kul: ok fixed mail
[22:41] Bassi: mmm
[22:41] Kul: they shoudl be ok now
[22:41] Kul: wassupo
[22:41] Bassi: why have i lost vsaites
[22:42] Kul: one of my chowns ?
[22:42] Bassi: yep
[22:42] Bassi: lost the gui
[22:42] * Kul looks around for gui
[22:48] Bassi: nope
[22:48] Bassi: still looking
[22:48] Bassi: i think i fixed mail tho
[22:48] Bassi: can you try that
[22:48] Kul: not me
[22:48] Aid: mail appears to be ok
[22:48] Bassi: great
[22:48] Bassi: just gui now
[22:49] Bassi: i may restart postgres
[22:49] Bassi: cos it looks ok
[22:51] Bassi: ok fixed
[22:51] Bassi: restarted postgres
[22:51] Aid: cool
[22:51] Kul: i knew it was that ;-)
[22:54] Aid: job well done. cant thank yous enough!!
[22:54] Bassi: no prob .. lol was a challenge
[22:54] Aid: your beers arein the mail
[22:54] Aid: ;)
[22:54] Aid: thanks a lot guys!!!
Now thats how to fix things :-)
Then it was alive
And steves final quote to me this evening.... " i inspired confidence in the guy from the beginning .. "