El Viernes, 20 de Abril de 2007 23:50, Mike Wright escribió: > >>>>There is a mystery user on a remote system > >>> > >>>What lastlog says? > > > >.............. exists on pty/1 > > > > What about using lsof? > > lsof /dev/pts/* > > Aha! There is no /dev/pts/1 but some piece of that connection still > exists in memory somewhere. It would probably die after timeout, even if you didn't kill it. > > Solution: make another remote connection. This recreates /dev/pts/1. > Now, follow that with a normal "exit" and it correctly tears down the > connection and the mystery user disappears. Cool, you got it :-) > > Muchas gracias, Miguel. > Actually my name is Manuel, Miguel is another very common spanish name, so don't worry, it's a well-known mistake :-) Kind regards -- Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues.