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Date:      Tue, 29 Jun 1999 10:33:38 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com>
To:        "N.N.M" <madrapour@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: A strange process
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990629103306.22364B-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990629130132.96757.qmail@hotmail.com>

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On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, N.N.M wrote:

> Hi everybody,
> 
> Any knows what the following process can mean?
> 
> login -p zzzzzzzz
> 
> I have it in the result of "ps -aux" entry with the owner of "root". It also 
> re-appears in a moment after being killed by me! What can it be?

The password given at the command line, however login 'hides' that
password in the process list so people snooping around don't catch it.

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