Re: login can be used to hide from finger under SunOS 4.13u1
Paul (watson@edfub8)
Sat, 3 Jun 95 12:45:29 AKD
>
> I recently noticed that running login (no arguments) once logged in, and
> providing it with your username and password would hide one from finger
> requests under SunOS 4.13u1. Has anybody else noticed this, under SunOS, or
> other unix variants?
> David Sacerdote
Another way to hide from "who" commands is to perform a "login"
from "sh" and login as sync account (if left without passwd).
After doing this a "whoami" will still report your normal username,
but a "who" command will show sync as logged in instead of the
real user.
EXAMPLE:
edfub8> who
watson ttyp1 Jun 3 11:36 (:0.0)
watson ttyp4 Jun 3 12:36
edfub8> whoami
watson
edfub8> sh
$ login
login: sync
***MOTD goes here***
edfub8> who
sync ttyp1 Jun 3 12:42
watson ttyp4 Jun 3 12:36
edfub8> whoami
watson
Of course, the utmp file on SunOS is rw-rw-rw- so if a person
really wanted to change the "who" table it would be trivial
anyway....
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