From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Oct 11 12:31:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA28437 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 11 Oct 1998 12:31:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zippy.dyn.ml.org (pm3-12.ppp.wenet.net [206.15.85.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA28427 for ; Sun, 11 Oct 1998 12:31:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garbanzo@hooked.net) Received: from localhost (garbanzo@localhost) by zippy.dyn.ml.org (8.9.1/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA01140; Sun, 11 Oct 1998 12:32:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garbanzo@hooked.net) X-Authentication-Warning: zippy.dyn.ml.org: garbanzo owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 12:32:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex X-Sender: garbanzo@zippy.dyn.ml.org To: Janie cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installation of exploits has led to a weird login problem In-Reply-To: <3620E328.7B45C1B1@pangeatech.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Janie wrote: > I was working with a few exploits last night and now when I login to my > box I get this LOL. Perhaps try not working with the exploits would be a start. > UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU#: not found > and then it drops me to a prompt. Anyone have any ideas? Is it possible > that I compiled some crap which caused this? Just curious if anyone > happens to know what it is. You're using a buggy version of pico (bundled with pine 4.02?). Try using another version (4.05 and 4.00 seem to be immune) or another editor, as you've likely corrupted whatever files you were editing. ee is a good replacement editor. If you can't login, you'll probably have to boot into single user mode to fix it. - alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message