Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 00:08:44 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange login prompt Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10201180005560.66910-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <00db01c19fc6$ded422b0$831c1a09@gsicomp.on.ca>
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On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Matthew Emmerton wrote: > Any reason why my FreeBSD machine is suddenly displaying this as it's login > prompt? > > ^ELFooo FreeBSDlogin: matt > > (The carat is really a DEL symbol (0x7f), and the o's are ASCII 1 or 2 > smiley faces.) What have you done lately? Edited anything in /etc, like gettytab? A changed login prompt would frighten me, and I'd be inclined to start checking on whether or not I'd been hacked. But maybe that's paranoia. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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