Though this is quite normal, without any outside influence, for a
terminal to be linux if you are logging in from a linux console instead
of an xterm. Just so you know, a linux terminal is hardly a compromise.
On Friday, June 29, 2001, at 09:29 AM, Bill Irwin wrote:
> David Yates Buckley wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Probably a stupid question but is it normal for $TERM to be linux?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>>> " echo $TERM " will give back dumb...or something else other than
>>> xterm
>>>
>>> Please note, these tests only work correctly on non-mips processor
>>> servers. (You can tell if its mips on telnet login). There was some
>>> confusion about this when I posted this test before.
>>>
>>> We have also determined this to happen when the /var directory has
>>> been
>>> "wedged". This comes from too much disk space taken by log files.
>>> Usually an indication that the log rotation is failing. Make sure your
>>> server is updated with all the patches. If you don't have them all
>>> this
>>> could be the reason its happening. If you cannot access the server at
>>> all, contact technical support.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bill Irwin
>>> Technical Support Engineer
>>> Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>>> _______________________________________________
>
> It should come back as xterm. If you are getting something else, you may
> want to do a little digging to find out why and what has changed. One of
> the best things you can do is grab the chkrootkit.tar.gz file
> ftp://ftp.pangeia.com.br/pub/seg/pac/chkrootkit.tar.gz and check your
> system out.
>
> tar -xvzf chkrootkit.tar.gz
> cd into the directory
> chmod 755 chkrootkit
> ./chkrootkit and let it run.
>
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> Bill Irwin
> Technical Support Engineer
> Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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