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

Re: PATRON CHANGED OUR CONFIGURATION

Esteban Gutierrez (esteban@cerfnet.com)
Mon, 17 Apr 1995 06:58:20 -0700 (PDT)

Sorry about that! Apparently the change by the system administrator didn't
occur as soon as I hoped it would. You will have a C-shell today.

-esteban

On Fri, 14 Apr 1995, CERFnet Operations wrote:

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

-Esteban Gutierrez e-mail: esteban@cerfnet.com
CERFnet Internet Services esteban@reed.edu
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