Is a "mingetty" process a security whole?

TruckStuff · 05-28-2002, 05:23 PM

I found several instances of this process running on one of my servers today. Is this something I should worry about? Thanks.

tyler_durden · 05-28-2002, 10:34 PM

Man pages to the rescue.

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mingetty is a minimal getty for use on virtual consoles. Unlike agetty(8), mingetty is not suitable for serial lines. I recommend using mgetty(8) for this purpose.

if you notice when you type ps -A you see that its connect to ttyX (these are consule connections). There fine

tyler_durden · 05-28-2002, 10:36 PM

hehe, i didn't notice that was you. You know who this is?

TruckStuff · 05-29-2002, 10:22 AM

Of course.

Recognized your sig.