[6944] in Athena Bugs
/etc/passwd
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Jan 23 22:05:17 1991
From: kevles@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 91 22:05:04 -0500
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
I logged in (telnet) from Dallas one terminal 1. Then terminal 2 opened
up. so I logged out of 1 and into 2. Both times into Medusa.mit.edu. I
logged out of 1 just fine. But when I logged in via two, it said there
was no password information about me. ("whoami" responded with "intruder
alert".) I think that the two separate logins crossed each other, and managed
to wipe out the password file.
Andy (sao) logged in about the same time I did. I think between my two
logins. His login was not affected. No one else was logged in to Medusa
at the time.
Just letting you know. I don't expect this situation occurs often.
--Beth
