Re: security problem: console text gets sent to printer
- From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:51:49 -0500
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On 10/05/06 19:58, Jason Dunsmore wrote:
On two different occasions over the past month, text from the console
was sent to the printer. It prints 3-4 copies of 2-3 pages from the
console. The text is printed out just like it's shown in the console,
with both the commands and their output.
I use urxvt as my X console, and I run several bash sessions inside of
screen. Only the text from one of the sessions printed. The first
time text was printed from the root account, the second time it was
from my user account. The last command I typed before text started
printing was xlock.
I'm running the latest Etch with 2.6.16-2-686-smp. This is a pretty
big security problem, since my computer prints to a shared printer.
Any idea what's causing it?
If this was CP/M, I'd say that someone has pressed ^P.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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