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From: Borja Marcos <borjamar@sarenet.es>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 12:19:21 +0100
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> When my FreeBSD 4.9 system starts up, it tries to run the 'usbdThis' 
> daemon and then tries to run a module named 'This'.  Do you have any 
> idea what is going on there?  Is this a sign that I have been hacked?

	A mistake editing a script or a configuration file? Check /etc/rc.conf 
to see if you have inadvertedly pasted part of a comment after the 
daemon name.




	Borja.