Commands Revealing User Information



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Commands Revealing User Information

 

Commands which reveal user and system information pose a threat because crackers can use that information to break into a system. This section provides a brief description of various commands whose output makes a system vulnerable to break-ins.





John Barkley
Fri Oct 7 16:17:21 EDT 1994