[wunderkind]

Command "users" is supposed to list the login names of the users currently on the system

So I run it and here's what I get:

Code:
jilh:~ wunderkind$ users
wunderkind
tllp3e4200
dbz7hc1x
hp40112085313

Wunderkind is me, but what are the next three lines? I've never seen this before. Somebody can explain?

The same with "who":

Code:
jilh:~ wunderkind$ who
wunderkind_ _console_ Oct 22 00:01 
wunderkind_ _ttyp1_ _ Oct 27 22:10 
tllp3e4200
dbz7hc1x
hp40112085313

Really puzzled Thanks.

[Mithras]

Either you got hacked, or your /var/run/utmp file got corrupted. Hopefully the latter.

Run these two commands:
niutil -list / /users
and
niutil -list / /users home

Be prepared to back up your data and clean install.

[wunderkind]

Already checked NetInfo Manager and /Users. Nothing unusual there, just my two accounts.

And niutil -list / /users does not show anything unusual.

I found that I get such output from "users" and "who" only at work. And even there if I disconnect network cable, restart Terminal and run "users" and "who" again both list only me as an active user.

I am even more puzzled now.

And found this in system.log:

Code:
Oct 27 22:34:46 Wunderkind lookupd[2932]: lookupd (version 324.6) starting - Wed Oct 27 22:34:46 2004
Oct 27 22:34:47 Wunderkind set-hostname[2944]: setting hostname to tllp3e4200 dbz7hc1x hp40112085313 jilh

So is "tllp3e4200 dbz7hc1x hp40112085313 jilh" a hostname? But why does it show up in the output of "users" and "who" commands. And also - when I start the Terminal right below "Welcome to Darwin"?

[johnmccaig]

ps aux | grep tllp3e4200

make sure they aren't running anything wakey

then
grep tllp3e4200 /etc/passwd

then try
netstat -f inet

make sure nothing is calling home .

[larkost]

It sounds like you are on a Windows Active Directory Domain and their DNS server is giving you garbage back. It is probably returning a string that contains non-valid characters, and a lot of the tools are having problems with it. I have never seen this issue... but there is always a first time. You might want to ask the network admin to look into what you have for entries on the server. It might be a 2 minute fix on his end.