Infopeople - Archive June 1994 to June 1995: Re: PATRON CHANGED OUR CONFIGURATION

Re: PATRON CHANGED OUR CONFIGURATION

Cary Gordon (libsher2@cerf.net)
Wed, 12 Apr 1995 22:03:22 -0700

At 10:26 AM 4/12/95, Kern County Library - Beale wrote:
>A young hacker patron did something to our configuration. When we log
>into our libkerb1 account, we receive a abash$ prompt instead of the
>usual nic% prompt. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? I have
>sent email to cerf help regarding this problem. Please return email to
>this account (libkerb2) or call me, Roy, at Beale library - 805-861-2130.
>Thank you.
>
>Beale Memorial Library
>Kern County
>libkerb2@cerfnet
>(805) 395-4463

My first question is: Are you sure that you are still logging into your
account. I see that your note comes from libkerb2. Is your other account
logging into libkerb1? Check this first.

If you are indeed logged into libkerb1 and you get the demon prompt every
time, you will probably want to have the CERFnet help desk folks fix it for
you. Odds are that this devil spawn added something like <set
prompt="abash$"> to your .cshrc file and, if it went that far, no telling
what else it might have done. The thing that makes it curious is, why
"abash$" and not "butthead" or something more vandal-like?

Cary Gordon libsher2@cerf.net
Community Partner 72477.62@compuserve.com
Sherman Oaks Branch
Los Angeles Public Library