Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 19:57:14 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Dinesh Pal <pdinesh@opentech.stpn.soft.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/passwd file Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980113195633.24708U-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <34BA85FD.A2D@opentech.stpn.soft.net>
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On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Dinesh Pal wrote: > hello, > > one fine day i found three new lines in my /etc/passwd file. > I dont know about these line significance, please tell me. > the entries are like > > > +@netusers:*:0:0::: > +netusers:*:0:0::: > +:*:0:0:::/bin/true Did you or any other admin put those there? Did you try to setup YP/NIS in any way? If you didn't, someone may have comprimised your system and is using NIS to add themselves to your password database. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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