Re: strange messages in log file

Sounds as if someone thinks they have found a OS bug, and is probing your machine, and maybe trying to exploit it to gain access to your machine. The MSGPATH error seems to imply that it did not work. Bill Dare wrote: > I started getting the following in my MSGPATH file yesterday. > > 08:25:33 Environment variable CLNT_PAM_CAPABLE is too long (maximum is -1 > characters). > 08:25:33 File: osenv.c, line: 1823, status: -5.> > I got 2 of them yesterday at 08:12 and then I got 10 of them this morning at > 08:25. They don't seem to make anything bad happen but I'd like to find out > what they are. > > Has anyone ever seen these errors? I google search found nothing as well as > a search at the IBM website. > > Regards, > Bill Dare > sending to informix-list > -- ( ______ )) .-- Scott MacKenzie; Dine' College ISD --. >===<--. C|~~| (>--- Phone/Voice Mail: 928-724-6639 ---<) | ; o |-' | | \\--- Senior DBA/CARS Coordinator/Etc. --/ | _ | `--' `-- E: scottm at dinecollege dot edu -' `-----' sending to informix-list