Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 16:57:56 -0600 (MDT) From: John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu> To: Scott <digitalox@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Has my box been compromised? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009091657130.22393-100000@inconnu.isu.edu> In-Reply-To: <39BA0BE6.C49E2FE3@earthlink.net>
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Cron job--updating the locate database. On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Scott wrote: > Hello, > > I was surfing on my dsl line (dynamic ip) a few minutes ago and noticed > my hard drive > was churning even though I wasn't doing much. I ran top and saw several > processes being run by user 'nobody' such as find, locate.proxxx (?can't > remember), and several 'sh'. I immediately killed ppp, and then the > 'nobody' > processes but many of the processes had already died after I killed the > ppp > connection. Did someone break in or is freebsd doing something behind > the > scenes as 'nobody'? > > -- > Scott Dubose > Houston, TX > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- <a mailto:galt@inconnu.isu.edu>Who is John Galt?</a> Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product. -- Ferenc Mantfeld To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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