I had the same problem one time...but mine didn't go away...I had to
reinstall everything...the problem is caused by a corrupted utmp or wtmp,
one of the two...it also means pam is screwed...I had ppl try to tell me I
got hacked and everything...I was pretty amused...you got lucky...I wasn't
so lucky...kudos to you!
Woody
Security Administrator
Localline.com
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On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Vincent wrote:
> Hello,
> This morning, i experienced something very strange.
> Logged as root, my terminal had a strange behaviour : arrrows, del ,...
> didn't work.
> i typed 'reset' ... it answed 'terminal unknown. what type of terminal
> :'.
> I logged out from this first terminal, and tried log again typing my
> login. The linux box erased my login wuthout asking the root password...
> impossible to log in on this window! Fortunately, i had another root
> session opened, i decided to reboot : response from the linux box : You
> don't exist. Go away !
> Impossible to do a command !. 'whoami' ---> unabled to find user UID 0
> (or something like this, i don't remember exactly).
> All the users were not regognised.
>
> I turned off the power, and now it's clear.
>
> Can someone tell me the reason of this problem ? where it comes from ?
> Thank you.
> Vincent
>
