I know its goofy to reply to my own message, but I have an addition. I searched for files containing '-:0', and I came up with: /tmp/ksocket-ken/kdeinit-:0.0
Ken Hawkins wrote: > > I guess a little more detail is needed.. > > This is a laptop running MDK 7.2. I am the only user, and I generally > don't leave it unattended. I have lately installed Netscape 4.78, and > RealPlayer 8.0. > > I haven't been security paranoid, but I never login as root; I always su > for a task, then exit. > > Having said that, I am concerned about someone hacking my system...but I > don't want to blow off and rebuild my OS unless I have good reason. > > Ken > > Ralph Forsythe wrote: > > > > I'm just gonna throw this out there since I have never seen this either, > > but has your system's security been compromised? Usually stuff like that > > comes from someone running something you don't know about. Especially > > given that it's running as root (and I have never heard of a system-level > > program like that), might be something you want to check into. > > > > Just a thought, it could be something benign too... > > > > - Ralph Forsythe > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Ken Hawkins wrote: > > > > > > > > I was viewing running processes, and I found the following line. I am > > > concerned, as I don't recall ever seeing this before. Any ideas about > > > what this is and what to do about it would be appreciated. > > > > > > PID User Pri Size Resident Stat CPU Mem Time CMD > > > 2282 root 0 6916 6916 S 0.0 4.2 0.40s -:0 > > > >^^^^^ > > > >THIS > > > > > > is what concerns me. If I kill the process, my entire window manager > > > session > > > restarts. > > > > > > The NAME of the process listed under details is KDM. The command > > > however, has a rather bizarre name.
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