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How to interpret the output of the "who" cmd? - wrong date, non-existing user

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On a SLES11, I can see the following output: $ who | grep -i FOOBARUSER FOOBARUSER ::ffff:127.0.0.1:3 Mar 2 09:52 (::ffff:127.0.0.1::ffff:127.0.0.1:3) FOOBARUSER ::ffff:127.0.0.1:3 Mar 2 09:52 (::ffff:127.0.0.1) $ date Sun Dec 8 22:01:58 CET 2019 $ id FOOBARUSER id: FOOBARUSER: No such user So this would mean, the FOOBARUSER logged in from localhost to localhost at "Mar 2"? **The Question**: But how is this possible? The current date is "Dec 8". Why is the "who" cmd displaying a current login date as "Mar 2"? And this user doesn't even exists, how it was able to log in? UPDATE, more detailed infos: # who | grep -i FOOBARUSER FOOBARUSER ::ffff:127.0.0.1:3 2017-03-02 09:52 (::ffff:127.0.0.1::ffff:127.0.0.1:3) # # lsof | grep -i FOOBARUSER # # ps auxw | grep -i FOOBARUSER | grep -v grep # # date Mon Dec 9 18:58:36 CET 2019 # # who -T | grep -i FOOBARUSER FOOBARUSER ? ::ffff:127.0.0.1:3 2017-03-02 09:52 (::ffff:127.0.0.1::ffff:127.0.0.1:3) # # grep --text -i FOOBARUSER /var/run/utmp |strings ::ffff:127.0.0.1:3 .1:3FOOBARUSER ::ffff:127.0.0.1 pts/23 p120 p157 p152 p160 p139 p107 p138 %xX3 ::ffff:127.0.0.1:3 ::ffFOOBARUSER ::ffff:127.0.0.1::ffff:127.0.0.1:3 ::ffff:127.0.0.1:4 .1:4i867930 ::ffff:127.0.0.1 p117 pts/187 /187 # # ls -lah /dev/pts/23 crw--w---- 1 FOOBARUSER2 tty 136, 23 2019-12-09 17:01 /dev/pts/23 # # stat /dev/pts/23 File: `/dev/pts/23' Size: 0 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 1024 character special file Device: ch/12d Inode: 26 Links: 1 Device type: 88,17 Access: (0620/crw--w----) Uid: (3854620/ FOOBARUSER2) Gid: ( 5/ tty) Access: 2019-12-09 17:00:59.006679171 +0100 Modify: 2019-12-09 17:01:24.174902065 +0100 Change: 2019-12-09 16:57:22.022775177 +0100 # # grep --color -i 'pts/23' /var/log/messages # Looks like the "2017-03-02 09:52" is constant. Maybe this is a bug and this user isn't logging in actually?? Could the "/dev/pts/23" mean the PTS that the FOOBARUSER using?
Asked by HolcombSimons (97 rep)
Dec 8, 2019, 09:06 PM
Last activity: Dec 9, 2019, 06:24 PM