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Re: mail and security



tf wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I'm reading with intrest several threads, and have a bunch of questions
> about mailing (like, what exactly is exim or sendmail actually doing...)
>
> but I have a better question first.  I was online a few minutes ago,
> when I noticed alot of disk activity.  I checked top and saw that user
> nobody issued a find command.  I just disconnected.  Guess I should
> change my password.
>

May be wrong, but it was probably cron running your locate database update.

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