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Concerned by the contents of ReadyNAS .bash_history file
I was looking at one of my NAS devices as admin and I noticed the .bash_history file in the admin home directory so I took a look. I'm concerned by what I see because I don't remember accessing the s...
iceweasel wrote:
I was looking at one of my NAS devices as admin and I noticed the .bash_history file in the admin home directory so I took a look.
FWIW, for most purposes it's best to log in as root (using the NAS admin password). So you probably should log in that way, and look at .bash_history there too.
iceweasel wrote:
Is there a legitimate reason why I would be seeing this or should I be concerned someone other than me found their way into the NAS as admin?
I think you should be worried (at least enough to follow up). Unfortunately, .bash_history doesn't timestamp the commands, so you don't know when they were issued.
Download the log zip file, and look in apt-history.log. Some of the stuff in there is done by the system, but you will see manually installed packages there also, and that is dated.
Thanks I'll follow those suggestions and look at the apt log as well as examine root account.
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