Hello, I found the user: "nobody" running "find" on my machine. My first thought was that someone had hacked in. My second thought was that maybe suse runs some commands on it's own as "nobody." Does anyone know if the latter is true? Thanks, Simon@SimonDorfman.com http://SimonDorfman.com
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 19:53:42 -0500
Simon Dorfman
Hello, I found the user: "nobody" running "find" on my machine. My first thought was that someone had hacked in.
Nobody is a system account, please leave it alone. Charles -- I've run DOOM more in the last few days than I have the last few months. I just love debugging ;-) (Linus Torvalds)
Yes, the latter is true. nobody is a valid user on a lot of Unix/Linux systems. * Simon Dorfman (Simon@SimonDorfman.com) [020426 17:54]: ::Hello, ::I found the user: "nobody" running "find" on my machine. My first thought ::was that someone had hacked in. My second thought was that maybe suse runs ::some commands on it's own as "nobody." Does anyone know if the latter is ::true? :: ::Thanks, ::Simon@SimonDorfman.com ::http://SimonDorfman.com :: :: ::-- ::To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-security-unsubscribe@suse.com ::For additional commands, e-mail: suse-security-help@suse.com ::Security-related bug reports go to security@suse.de, not here :: -=Ben --=====-----=====-- mailto:ben@whack.org --=====-- If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little. -GC --=====-----=====--
I found the user: "nobody" running "find" on my machine. My first thought was that someone had hacked in. My second thought was that maybe suse runs some commands on it's own as "nobody." Does anyone know if the latter is true? Why does this question pop up every other week? Why do people not verify their own crontabs? Why do they not look in archives?
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On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Peter van den Heuvel wrote: ph> > I found the user: "nobody" running "find" on my machine. My first thought ph> > was that someone had hacked in. My second thought was that maybe suse runs ph> > some commands on it's own as "nobody." Does anyone know if the latter is ph> > true? ph> Why does this question pop up every other week? Why do people not verify ph> their own crontabs? Why do they not look in archives? ph> Human nature. How many times have you (or someone you know) brought something home and started playing and messing with it before you even picked up the manual? Unfortunately, the more this happens, the more apt we are to start replying with RTFM and thus be labled as an asshole because all they wanted was a little assistance and... you know what I mean. I see it at least once a month on every list I'm on. ph> updatedb ph> ph> -- S.Toms - smotrs at mindspring.com - www.mindspring.com/~smotrs SuSE Linux v7.3+ - Kernel 2.4.10-4GB
On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Peter van den Heuvel wrote:
ph> > I found the user: "nobody" running "find" on my machine. My first
I agree entirely. I think it's a knock-on effect from the development (sic)
in another place of so-called 'intuitive' interfaces, where you are supposed
to be able to 'use' it without reading the manual. Fine if you just want to
drive a car. Who starts dismantling parts of a car without having a manual
ready?
- Roger -
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From: "S.Toms"
ph> > was that someone had hacked in. My second thought was that maybe suse runs ph> > some commands on it's own as "nobody." Does anyone know if the latter is ph> > true? ph> Why does this question pop up every other week? Why do people not verify ph> their own crontabs? Why do they not look in archives? ph>
Human nature. How many times have you (or someone you know) brought something home and started playing and messing with it before you even picked up the manual? Unfortunately, the more this happens, the more apt we are to start replying with RTFM and thus be labled as an asshole because all they wanted was a little assistance and... you know what I mean. I see it at least once a month on every list I'm on.
ph> updatedb ph> ph>
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