Re: Hijacked Xterm

From: Heiko Dudzus (heiko.dudzus_at_gmx.de)
Date: 06/13/05 

Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:07:36 +0200

adam.sutton@baesystems.com writes:

> Every so often he seems to find random words (not random characters)
> typed
> into his console.
>
> We run on a private network with no external network access, because
> this
> is a small works network for relatively computer literate users most
> people know the root passwords to machines.
>
> I think this has to be a practical joke, but I am after any advice as
> to
> how someone might be achieving this.

If the other person has root privileges, he could do that by echoing
something into the 'victims' tty device.

Heiko

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