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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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