[5584] in RedHat Linux List
Re: RedHat4.0 security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Borg)
Fri Nov 22 14:44:49 1996
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 11:42:54 -0800
From: Borg <please_see@my_signature.below>
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Ben Lindstrom wrote:
..........
>
> I log into your machine via telnet.
Bingo. That's where you get into utmp and wtmp and
are registered there as an active user until you log off.
> I set my xhost to let xdisplays from
> you machine to be accepted by mine. Then I type: xterm & and log off..
> About 2 seconds later I get an xterm on your machine, and if you do a
> "who" or "w" I don't show up.
Your xterm doesn't show up but the fact that you logged
on through a telnet is reflected in utmp and wtmp, right?
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