Why is "gdm(pam_unix)[xxxxx]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost= user=root" seen in system logs ?
Issue
- Why is "gdm(pam_unix)[xxxxx]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost= user=root" seen in system logs
Aug 8 13:15:56 hostname gdm(pam_unix)[24118]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost= user=root
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
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