[Plug-security] Once cracked

[Rusty Carruth]

> 
> operator. still haven't seen anything done by it. if it wasn't a member 
> of the root group I would just assume something I installed put it 

Oh my mandrake 7.1 system:
bash-2.04$ egrep operator /etc/passwd
operator:x:11:0:operator:/root:/bin/false
bash-2.04$ 

So I think you're safe there.  Don't re-install!

> there. I've tried using last or su ing to opertor then pulling history 

Did you 'su' or 'su -'???

> but so far nothing. It would be nice if I didn't have to wipe my 
> computer but at this point I'm thinking better safe than sorry. So if 
> anyone knows why operator would be there please let me know.

Somebody somewhere thought operator needed to be in the user groups...

rc