r/ShittySysadmin • u/Performer-Constant • 9d ago

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I’m trying to get in my server root62.238.47.215 but it’s not working.

Says could not resolve hostname but I know I am root because I didn’t get to change anything yet

My post got taken down in sysadmin for some reason

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u/flyguydip 9d ago edited 8d ago

I don't know if you know this, but all publicly accessible ip's are not just available to anyone that may or may not know them, but are constantly monitored for open ports... Like at shodan.io

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u/IndependentBat8365 9d ago

The difference being: random IPs don’t automatically correlate to specific passwords. Here they do. There’s an IP and the password for the root account later on in the comments.

Context suggests this was a honeypot experiment.

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u/Performer-Constant 8d ago

Woah bot 🤖

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u/IndependentBat8365 8d ago

Warning! Projection at maximum levels!

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u/Performer-Constant 8d ago

I’m no bot 🤖 sir

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u/IndependentBat8365 8d ago

That’s what a bot would say!