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Re: [cobalt-users] Been Hacked - WAS: Bad Data in /var/run/utmp



On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Craig Napier wrote:

> >When doing a ps-aux, is everything supposed to be listed by PID on RaQ2's? 
> >Thanks,
> >Charlie
> >
> >>ps aux sorts first by username, second by PID...
> 
> That may be true for an RaQ2 or systems prior to the AMD based systems, but 
> not for the RaQ3/4's.. PS will sort (by default) by PID first on RaQ3/4's, 
> "NOT" by UserID... 

Ahh..so it is, my debian machine has the newer behavior too, should have
tried that...hmm, so much for POSIX compatability -/

That's one tip (sure way of telling) if you've been 
> exploited by these recent tool-kits..

given that almost all of the kits seem to replace ps, a list of md5sums &
sizes would seem appropriate...simple certain check...Cobalt?


gsh