Who are these extra users? - comp.os.linux.misc

re: Slack 9.1, KDE 3.14, on router sharing DSL line with wife's Slack laptop. Who are these extra users? A few days ago I logged in as root but never logged out, just closed the terminal windw by accident. Is there any way to logout? I don't see a process for root (below) but maybe I screwed up? Why am I logged in 3 times? I know I can reboot but I don't really want to do that if its not necessary? With root listed is there a security issue? Help! Thanks, Al al@xxx:~$ uptime 07:09:21 up 41 days, 21:25, 4 users, load average: 0.12, 0.06, 0.01 al@xxx:~$ who al :0 Jun 17 09:38 al pts/0 Jun 17 09:39 al pts/1 Jul 29 07:09 al pts/2 Jul 29 07:13 root pts/4 Jul 24 09:07 al@xxx:~$ ps -aux | grep "pts/" al 5776 0.0 0.1 2312 1320 pts/1 S 07:09 0:00 -bash al 5795 0.0 0.1 2312 1324 pts/2 S 07:13 0:00 -bash al 5819 0.0 0.0 2840 896 pts/2 R 07:15 0:00 ps -aux

Al C. wrote: > re: Slack 9.1, KDE 3.14, on router sharing DSL line with wife's Slack laptop. > > Who are these extra users? > > A few days ago I logged in as root but never logged out, just closed the > terminal windw by accident. Is there any way to logout? I don't see a process > for root (below) but maybe I screwed up? Why am I logged in 3 times? [snip] > al@xxx:~$ who > al :0 Jun 17 09:38 > al pts/0 Jun 17 09:39 > al pts/1 Jul 29 07:09 > al pts/2 Jul 29 07:13 Looks to me like you're logged in via xdm/kdm/gdm (or some other graphical login; suggested by the :0 line) with three xterms open (the pts lines).

"Al C." <no.spam.acanton@adams-blake.no.spam.com>, In a message on Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:21:49 -0700, wrote : "C> re: Slack 9.1, KDE 3.14, on router sharing DSL line with wife's Slack laptop. "C> "C> Who are these extra users? "C> "C> A few days ago I logged in as root but never logged out, just closed the "C> terminal windw by accident. Is there any way to logout? I don't see a process "C> for root (below) but maybe I screwed up? Why am I logged in 3 times? I know "C> I can reboot but I don't really want to do that if its not necessary? "C> "C> With root listed is there a security issue? "C> "C> Help! "C> "C> Thanks, "C> "C> Al "C> "C> "C> al@xxx:~$ uptime "C> 07:09:21 up 41 days, 21:25, 4 users, load average: 0.12, 0.06, 0.01 "C> al@xxx:~$ who "C> al :0 Jun 17 09:38 "C> al pts/0 Jun 17 09:39 "C> al pts/1 Jul 29 07:09 "C> al pts/2 Jul 29 07:13 "C> root pts/4 Jul 24 09:07 "C> "C> "C> "C> al@xxx:~$ ps -aux | grep "pts/" "C> al 5776 0.0 0.1 2312 1320 pts/1 S 07:09 0:00 -bash "C> al 5795 0.0 0.1 2312 1324 pts/2 S 07:13 0:00 -bash "C> al 5819 0.0 0.0 2840 896 pts/2 R 07:15 0:00 ps -aux 'ps -ut pts/4' should list the process(es) using pts/4, which should include the root process above. "C> "C> \/ Robert Heller ||InterNet: heller@cs.umass.edu http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/~heller || heller@deepsoft.com http://www.deepsoft.com /\FidoNet: 1:321/153

John-Paul Stewart wrote: > Al C. wrote: >> re: Slack 9.1, KDE 3.14, on router sharing DSL line with wife's Slack >> laptop. >> >> Who are these extra users? >> >> A few days ago I logged in as root but never logged out, just closed the >> terminal windw by accident. Is there any way to logout? I don't see a >> process for root (below) but maybe I screwed up? Why am I logged in 3 >> times? > [snip] >> al@xxx:~$ who >> al :0 Jun 17 09:38 >> al pts/0 Jun 17 09:39 >> al pts/1 Jul 29 07:09 >> al pts/2 Jul 29 07:13 > > Looks to me like you're logged in via xdm/kdm/gdm (or some other > graphical login; suggested by the :0 line) with three xterms open (the > pts lines). I use KDE and I always log in with the kdm. Where did the 3 xterms come from? Do I need to get rid of these terminals? If so, how? > 'ps -ut pts/4' > > should list the process(es) using pts/4, which should include the root > process above. > I get this: al@xxxx:~$ ps -ut pts/4 ps: error: User name does not exist. usage: ps -[Unix98 options] ps [BSD-style options] ps --[GNU-style long options] ps --help for a command summary Thanks, Al

>>>>> "Al" == Al C <no.spam.acanton@adams-blake.no.spam.com> writes: Al> A few days ago I logged in as root but never logged out, just Al> closed the terminal windw by accident. Then, the shell process in the window dies, because the terminal has died. Al> Is there any way to logout? Destroying a terminal will cause the interactive shell process to die. So, it has already been logged out, though not normally. :) Al> I don't see a process for root (below) but maybe I screwed Al> up? Why am I logged in 3 times? Are you sure the terminal processes have really died? It's strange that interactive shell processes continue to run even after the terminal has died. Al> I know I can reboot but I don't really want to do that if its Al> not necessary? You don't need to worry about those processes. They just sleep there occupying a little bit virtual memory. Unless memory is tight, they shouldn't cause problems. Al> With root listed is there a security issue? It could be. Why don't you 'kill' them? Use 'kill -9' if they survive a normal 'kill'. But please first make sure they're not processes spawned by cron to run some housekeeping shell-scripts. -- Lee Sau Dan +Z05biGVm- ~{@nJX6X~} E-mail: danlee@informatik.uni-freiburg.de Home page: http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~danlee

Al C. wrote: > John-Paul Stewart wrote: > > >>Al C. wrote: >> >>>re: Slack 9.1, KDE 3.14, on router sharing DSL line with wife's Slack >>>laptop. >>> >>>Who are these extra users? >>> >>>A few days ago I logged in as root but never logged out, just closed the >>>terminal windw by accident. Is there any way to logout? I don't see a >>>process for root (below) but maybe I screwed up? Why am I logged in 3 >>>times? >> >>[snip] >> >>>al@xxx:~$ who >>>al :0 Jun 17 09:38 >>>al pts/0 Jun 17 09:39 >>>al pts/1 Jul 29 07:09 >>>al pts/2 Jul 29 07:13 >> >>Looks to me like you're logged in via xdm/kdm/gdm (or some other >>graphical login; suggested by the :0 line) with three xterms open (the >>pts lines). > > > I use KDE and I always log in with the kdm. Where did the 3 xterms come from? The three xterms (or three Konsole windows, or any three command-prompt windows) is just a guess as to what is using those pts. If you don't have windows open with command prompts, then you'll need to look into it further. > Do I need to get rid of these terminals? If so, how? Depends. If you have the windows open, then simply closing them will get rid of the entries for the pts. (But if you have the windows open, they're probably open for a reason!) If you don't have command prompt windows open, then my initial guess was wrong. In that case, 'lsof /dev/pts/0' will tell what is causing the pts/0 line (and so on).

John-Paul Stewart wrote: > Al C. wrote: >> John-Paul Stewart wrote: >> >> >>>Al C. wrote: >>> >>>>re: Slack 9.1, KDE 3.14, on router sharing DSL line with wife's Slack >>>>laptop. >>>> >>>>Who are these extra users? >>>> >>>>A few days ago I logged in as root but never logged out, just closed the >>>>terminal windw by accident. Is there any way to logout? I don't see a >>>>process for root (below) but maybe I screwed up? Why am I logged in 3 >>>>times? >>> >>>[snip] >>> >>>>al@xxx:~$ who >>>>al :0 Jun 17 09:38 >>>>al pts/0 Jun 17 09:39 >>>>al pts/1 Jul 29 07:09 >>>>al pts/2 Jul 29 07:13 >>> >>>Looks to me like you're logged in via xdm/kdm/gdm (or some other >>>graphical login; suggested by the :0 line) with three xterms open (the >>>pts lines). >> >> >> I use KDE and I always log in with the kdm. Where did the 3 xterms come >> from? > > The three xterms (or three Konsole windows, or any three command-prompt > windows) is just a guess as to what is using those pts. If you don't > have windows open with command prompts, then you'll need to look into it > further. > >> Do I need to get rid of these terminals? If so, how? > > Depends. If you have the windows open, then simply closing them will > get rid of the entries for the pts. (But if you have the windows open, > they're probably open for a reason!) If you don't have command prompt > windows open, then my initial guess was wrong. In that case, 'lsof > /dev/pts/0' will tell what is causing the pts/0 line (and so on). Is it possible that the these extra users are dead processes? al@darkstar:~$ who -ad Jun 17 09:38 12 id=si term=0 exit=0 system boot Jun 17 09:38 run-level 4 Jun 17 09:38 last=S Jun 17 09:38 43 id=rc term=0 exit=0 LOGIN tty6 Jun 17 09:38 2089 id=c6 Jun 17 09:38 2090 id=x1 al ? :0 Jun 17 09:38 ? 2093 al + pts/0 Jun 17 09:39 old 2181 al - pts/1 Jul 29 19:00 . 8234 pts/2 Jul 29 07:21 5794 id=/2 term=0 exit=0 pts/3 Jul 3 14:34 12238 id=/3 term=0 exit=0 root ? pts/4 Jul 24 09:07 ? 20517 pts/2 Jul 27 00:29 30164 id=ts/2 term=0 exit=0 pts/1 Jul 27 09:37 31427 id=ts/1 term=0 exit=0 When I try the lsof command I get the following lsof /dev/pts/* COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME kdeinit 2181 al 10u CHR 136,0 2 /dev/pts/0 bash 8234 al 0u CHR 136,1 3 /dev/pts/1 bash 8234 al 1u CHR 136,1 3 /dev/pts/1 bash 8234 al 2u CHR 136,1 3 /dev/pts/1 bash 8234 al 255u CHR 136,1 3 /dev/pts/1 lsof 8250 al 0u CHR 136,1 3 /dev/pts/1 lsof 8250 al 1u CHR 136,1 3 /dev/pts/1 lsof 8250 al 2u CHR 136,1 3 /dev/pts/1 All I have open is one terminal, Knode and Kmail. I'm confused as hell. Maybe I should just re-boot? There has to be a way of getting rid of them. al@darkstar:~$ who al :0 Jun 17 09:38 al pts/0 Jun 17 09:39 al pts/1 Jul 29 19:00 root pts/4 Jul 24 09:07 Thanks, Al

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 20:14:40 -0700, Al C. <no.spam.acanton@adams-blake.no.spam.com> wrote: > John-Paul Stewart wrote: > >> Al C. wrote: >>> John-Paul Stewart wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Al C. wrote: >>>> >>>>> re: Slack 9.1, KDE 3.14, on router sharing DSL line with wife's Slack >>>>> laptop. >>>>> >>>>> Who are these extra users? >>>>> >>>>> A few days ago I logged in as root but never logged out, just closed the >>>>> terminal windw by accident. Is there any way to logout? I don't see a >>>>> process for root (below) but maybe I screwed up? Why am I logged in 3 >>>>> times? >>>> >>>> [snip] >>>> >>>>> al@xxx:~$ who >>>>> al :0 Jun 17 09:38 >>>>> al pts/0 Jun 17 09:39 >>>>> al pts/1 Jul 29 07:09 >>>>> al pts/2 Jul 29 07:13 >>>> >>>> Looks to me like you're logged in via xdm/kdm/gdm (or some other >>>> graphical login; suggested by the :0 line) with three xterms open (the >>>> pts lines). >>> >>> >>> I use KDE and I always log in with the kdm. Where did the 3 xterms come >>> from? >> >> The three xterms (or three Konsole windows, or any three command-prompt >> windows) is just a guess as to what is using those pts. If you don't >> have windows open with command prompts, then you'll need to look into it >> further. >> >>> Do I need to get rid of these terminals? If so, how? >> >> Depends. If you have the windows open, then simply closing them will >> get rid of the entries for the pts. (But if you have the windows open, >> they're probably open for a reason!) If you don't have command prompt >> windows open, then my initial guess was wrong. In that case, 'lsof >> /dev/pts/0' will tell what is causing the pts/0 line (and so on). > > Is it possible that the these extra users are dead processes? > > al@darkstar:~$ who -ad > Jun 17 09:38 12 id=si term=0 exit=0 > system boot Jun 17 09:38 > run-level 4 Jun 17 09:38 last=S > Jun 17 09:38 43 id=rc term=0 exit=0 > LOGIN tty6 Jun 17 09:38 2089 id=c6 > Jun 17 09:38 2090 id=x1 > al ? :0 Jun 17 09:38 ? 2093 > al + pts/0 Jun 17 09:39 old 2181 > al - pts/1 Jul 29 19:00 . 8234 > pts/2 Jul 29 07:21 5794 id=/2 term=0 exit=0 > pts/3 Jul 3 14:34 12238 id=/3 term=0 exit=0 > root ? pts/4 Jul 24 09:07 ? 20517 > pts/2 Jul 27 00:29 30164 id=ts/2 term=0 exit=0 > pts/1 Jul 27 09:37 31427 id=ts/1 term=0 exit=0 > > > When I try the lsof command I get the following > lsof /dev/pts/* > COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME > kdeinit 2181 al 10u CHR 136,0 2 /dev/pts/0 > bash 8234 al 0u CHR 136,1 3 /dev/pts/1 > bash 8234 al 1u CHR 136,1 3 /dev/pts/1 > bash 8234 al 2u CHR 136,1 3 /dev/pts/1 > bash 8234 al 255u CHR 136,1 3 /dev/pts/1 > lsof 8250 al 0u CHR 136,1 3 /dev/pts/1 > lsof 8250 al 1u CHR 136,1 3 /dev/pts/1 > lsof 8250 al 2u CHR 136,1 3 /dev/pts/1 > > > All I have open is one terminal, Knode and Kmail. I'm confused as hell. Maybe > I should just re-boot? There has to be a way of getting rid of them. > > al@darkstar:~$ who > al :0 Jun 17 09:38 > al pts/0 Jun 17 09:39 > al pts/1 Jul 29 19:00 > root pts/4 Jul 24 09:07 Haven't seen any complete ps outputs here, but your lsof says there's a shell on pts/1. Kill it kill -1 8234 Basically, find out what tty you're on with tty Then kill any shells or such on any other tty.

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