Re: su fails

[Andrew Langdon-Davies]

        Now here I'd probably agree IF there is even the slightest doubt
        that the system may have been compromised ,  Clear it & start
        fresh .  Be extremely careful of re-applying the user(s) data .
                Hth ,  JimL
...snip...
I know this is a very wide-open question, but how likely really is it that 
my system has been compromised? I use a coyote firewall on a dedicated 486 
with a dial-up ppp connection. I connect a few hours every day and I 
actually switch off the modem at night. There are two machines behind the 
coyote and only one is giving signs of anything odd (the one I was messing 
about on the other day just before the problems started).
By the way, Lilo is behaving perfectly again.
But what about the
'stderr is not a tty - where are you?'
???
TY
Andrew

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