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

Re: PATRON CHANGED OUR CONFIGURATION

CERFnet Operations (noc@CERF.NET)
Fri, 14 Apr 1995 14:45:19 -0700 (PDT)

libkerb1-

Your .cshrc and .login files were fine. Apperently your young
hacker-patron modified the account to not have a C shell, thus giving you
the next level down, bash. We have re-established the C shell for your
account. Let us know if you have any more questions.

-esteban
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CERFnet tech support- help@cerfnet.com
(619) 455-3900

On Wed, 12 Apr 1995, Cary Gordon wrote:

> 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
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> --pushpendra
>
> Pushpendra Mohta pushp@cerf.net +1 619 455 3908
> Director, CERFnet http://www.cerf.net +1 800 876 2373
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