Re: Something fishy is going on
Jeez, this has popped up on the list A LOT lately ... check the
archives.
It's an apparently harmless Gnome "Easter Egg." Poor Wanda has come in
for a lot of paranoia the last month or so! :)
Glenn Becker
On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Bill
Wohler wrote:
> A fish just swam across my screen. What the hell is up with that?
>
> I kid you not.
>
> Here are the current processes. I just updated woody for the first
> time in a month. Do any of these processes now send up a fish every
> now and again, or have I been broken into? It looked a lot like
> /usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-fish.png but was pointing to the right (and
> swam from left to right).
>
> PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
> 1 ? S 0:09 init [2]
> 2 ? SW 0:00 [keventd]
> 3 ? SW 1:40 [kswapd]
> 4 ? SW 0:00 [kreclaimd]
> 5 ? SW 0:04 [bdflush]
> 6 ? SW 0:15 [kupdated]
> 8 ? SW 0:00 [khubd]
> 136 ? S 0:00 /sbin/portmap
> 274 ? S 0:13 /sbin/syslogd
> 277 ? S 0:00 /sbin/klogd
> 285 ? S 0:00 /sbin/rpc.statd
> 293 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/mouse -t ps2
> 314 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd
> 329 ? S 0:00 lpd Waiting
> 370 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postmaster -D /var/lib/postgres/data
> 376 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/rwhod -b
> 378 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/rwhod -b
> 479 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/sshd
> 486 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/X11/xfs -daemon
> 499 ? SL 0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd
> 501 ? SL 0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd
> 503 ? SL 0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd
> 504 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd
> 507 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/cron
> 553 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge -d /var/run/vmnet-bridge-0.pid /dev/vmnet0 eth0
> 568 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-netifup -d /var/run/vmnet-netifup-vmnet1.pid /dev/vmnet1 vmnet1
> 584 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd -cf /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -lf /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases -pf /var/run/vmnet-dhcpd-vmnet1.pid vmnet1
> 597 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/gdm
> 600 tty1 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty1
> 601 tty2 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty2
> 602 tty3 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty3
> 603 tty4 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty4
> 604 tty5 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty5
> 605 ? S< 27:13 /usr/bin/X11/X vt7 -deferglyphs 16 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth :0
> 606 tty6 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty6
> 607 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/gdm
> 618 ? S 0:02 /usr/bin/gnome-session --purge-delay=15000
> 688 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent -- /usr/bin/gnome-session --purge-delay=15000
> 692 ? S 0:04 gnome-smproxy --sm-config-prefix /.gnome-smproxy-xpu7If/ --sm-client-id 11d1e910b0000099438714500000177370015
> 694 ? S 2:02 enlightenment -smfile /home/wohler/.enlightenment/...e_session-XXXXXX -smid 11d1e910b0000099261659700000165750012 -econfdir /home/wohler/.enlightenment -ecachedir /home/wohler/.enlightenment
> 716 ? S 0:01 gmc --sm-config-prefix /gmc-B5TaG2/ --sm-client-id 11d1e910b0000095267730100000217920009
> 718 ? S 4:52 esd -nobeeps
> 724 ? S 0:25 panel --sm-config-prefix /panel.d/default-sVIYjX/ --sm-client-id 11d1e910b0000099568025200000007410006
> 729 ? S 0:04 jpilot
> 736 ? S 13:20 emacs
> 738 ? S 0:10 xwrits
> 742 ? S 0:07 xfaces
> 745 ? S 0:00 gnome-name-service
> 748 ? S 0:03 Eterm --console --name console --exec su -
> 752 ? S 0:11 Eterm --name gbr
> 842 pts/5 S 0:00 -su
> 881 ? S 0:12 sendmail: accepting connections
> 882 pts/7 S 0:04 -bash
> 915 ? S 0:01 mixer_applet --activate-goad-server mixer_applet --goad-fd 10
> 917 ? S 0:14 gnomexmms --activate-goad-server gnomexmms --goad-fd 10
> 934 ? S 0:03 asclock_applet --activate-goad-server asclock_applet --goad-fd 14
> 1655 ? SN 0:37 /usr/sbin/netsaint /etc/netsaint/netsaint.cfg
> 22854 pts/5 S 0:41 emacs
> 22860 ? S 0:00 /usr/local/lib/emacs/21.0.103/i686-pc-linux-gnu/emacsserver
> 23828 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/ispell -a -m -B
> 24227 pts/5 S 0:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/vvstartdictation
> 24234 pts/5 S 0:11 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java -classic -jar speakpad.jar
> 24272 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java -classic -jar speakpad.jar
> 24273 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java -classic -jar speakpad.jar
> 24274 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java -classic -jar speakpad.jar
> 24275 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java -classic -jar speakpad.jar
> 24277 pts/5 S 1:40 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java -classic -jar speakpad.jar
> 24278 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java -classic -jar speakpad.jar
> 24279 pts/5 S 0:03 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java -classic -jar speakpad.jar
> 24319 pts/5 S 2:03 /usr/lib/ViaVoice/bin/engine
> 24320 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java -classic -jar speakpad.jar
> 24321 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java -classic -jar speakpad.jar
> 24322 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java -classic -jar speakpad.jar
> 26085 ? S 0:00 nmbd -a
> 26086 ? S 0:00 nmbd -a
> 3883 ? S 0:02 Eterm --name gbr
> 3884 pts/1 S 0:00 -bash
> 5560 ? S 649:14 vmware -Xq /vmware/win98/win98.cfg
> 5597 ? S< 0:00 vmware -Xq /vmware/win98/win98.cfg
> 5598 ? S< 0:01 vmware -Xq /vmware/win98/win98.cfg
> 5599 ? S< 0:00 vmware -Xq /vmware/win98/win98.cfg
> 5600 ? S 0:00 smbd
> 8630 pts/5 T 0:00 man dig
> 8634 pts/5 T 0:00 sh -c { export MAN_PN LESS; MAN_PN='dig(1)'; LESS="-Pm\:\$ix8mPm Manual page $MAN_PN ?ltline %lt?L/%L.:byte %bB?s/%s..?e (END):?pB %pB\\%..\$$LESS"; less; }
> 8637 pts/5 T 0:00 less
> 8803 ? S 0:13 /usr/sbin/named
> 17676 ? S 1:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/lib/spamfilter/bin/pattern-server /tmp/.wohler-spamfilter
> 19554 ? S 0:04 grip
> 19653 ? S 0:00 grip
> 10823 ? S 0:03 xmms
> 10824 ? S 0:00 xmms
> 10825 ? S 0:02 xmms
> 10826 ? S 0:00 xmms
> 13840 ? S 0:00 /usr/local/lib/emacs/21.0.103/i686-pc-linux-gnu/emacsserver
> 16946 ? S 0:26 /usr/lib/netscape/477/communicator/communicator-smotif.real
> 19878 pts/7 T 0:00 bash
> 21719 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/apache
> 21737 pts/5 S 0:04 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21768 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21769 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21770 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21771 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21772 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21773 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21774 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21775 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21776 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21779 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21780 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21781 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21782 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21783 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21784 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21785 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21786 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21787 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21788 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21789 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21790 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21791 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21792 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21793 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21794 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21795 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21796 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21797 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21798 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21799 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21800 pts/5 S 0:01 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21801 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 21802 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2re1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -home /usr/share/tomcat
> 31298 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /home/wohler/bin/ssh-run Eterm --name openwave.com --exec ssh -q sanmateo.oneboxcorp.com
> 31309 ? S 0:00 Eterm --name openwave.com --exec ssh -q sanmateo.oneboxcorp.com
> 31310 pts/0 S 0:13 ssh -q sanmateo.oneboxcorp.com
> 7463 pts/1 S 0:05 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java com.openwave.vxmlbuilder.VXMLBuilder
> 7490 pts/1 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java com.openwave.vxmlbuilder.VXMLBuilder
> 7491 pts/1 S 0:01 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java com.openwave.vxmlbuilder.VXMLBuilder
> 7492 pts/1 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java com.openwave.vxmlbuilder.VXMLBuilder
> 7493 pts/1 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java com.openwave.vxmlbuilder.VXMLBuilder
> 7494 pts/1 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java com.openwave.vxmlbuilder.VXMLBuilder
> 7495 pts/1 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java com.openwave.vxmlbuilder.VXMLBuilder
> 7496 pts/1 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java com.openwave.vxmlbuilder.VXMLBuilder
> 7497 pts/1 S 0:01 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java com.openwave.vxmlbuilder.VXMLBuilder
> 7519 pts/1 S 0:03 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java com.openwave.vxmlbuilder.VXMLBuilder
> 7520 pts/1 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java com.openwave.vxmlbuilder.VXMLBuilder
> 7521 pts/1 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java com.openwave.vxmlbuilder.VXMLBuilder
> 7553 pts/1 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java com.openwave.vxmlbuilder.VXMLBuilder
> 7554 pts/1 S 0:00 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/bin/i386/native_threads/java com.openwave.vxmlbuilder.VXMLBuilder
> 16807 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/apache
> 18058 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/apache
> 18484 ? Z 0:00 [sendmail <defunct>]
> 27965 ? R 0:00 ps ax
>
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