I would suggest you run chkrootkit and some other programs just to see if you have had someone in your network. Doesn't have to be the solution, but I would check anyway. And it's always good to know that you have a clean system. -t- >===== Original Message From For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> ===== >I've noticed an additional user among those I usually see in GKrellm. >Typically, when I am in Gnome, I see one user (me), plus additional >users for each virtual terminal I have open. When I am in KDE, I >typically see two users (both me), plus additional users for each >terminal open. > >Recently however I see an additional user showing up. One of them is >strangely "me" but idle for 123d. This is odd since my system has been >running only for ten days. Here is some related output: > >[charshaw@mufasa charshaw]$ finger >Login Name Tty Idle Login Time Office Office >Phone >charshaw Clint Harshaw *:0 May 3 09:44 >charshaw Clint Harshaw pts/1 May 3 11:18 (:0.0) >charshaw Clint Harshaw pts/5 123d Apr 28 08:22 (:0.0) >[charshaw@mufasa charshaw]$ who -u >charshaw :0 May 3 09:44 ? 13153 >charshaw pts/1 May 3 11:18 . 15142 (:0.0) >charshaw pts/5 Apr 28 08:22 ? 18655 (:0.0) > >Now when I try to kill the process associated with the April 28 date, I >get the following: > >[charshaw@mufasa charshaw]$ kill 18655 >bash: kill: (18655) - No such process >[charshaw@mufasa charshaw]$ kill -9 18655 >bash: kill: (18655) - No such process > >What's going on here? I've google'd for a solution, and learned to try >the things outlined above, but that doesn't seem to be the fix. > >Is there a way to remedy this without a reboot? I asked on #fedora, and >the general response was this was nothing to worry about, but I can't >help but want to know what I can do, as well as what the cause is. > >Thanks very much, >Clint > >-- >Clint Harshaw <clint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >-- >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
