don't think it's in there because 1. using putty on another machine didn't display it 2. I removed my network connection from my laptop and reconnected them. and it was gone. <br><br>seems to be back now though *frowns*<br> <br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/22/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Lachniet, Mark</b> <<a href="mailto:mlachniet@sequoianet.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">mlachniet@sequoianet.com </a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">check your /etc/profile and ~/.bash_profile type configs for the shell prompt setup and see if someone put it in there.</font></span></div><br> <div dir="ltr" align="left" lang="en-us"> <hr> <font face="Tahoma" size="2"></font></div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"></font><div><span><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:linux-user-bounces@egr.msu.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> linux-user-bounces@egr.msu.edu</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:linux-user-bounces@egr.msu.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">linux-user-bounces@egr.msu.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Caleb Cushing<br></font></span></div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"></font><div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 22, 2006 2:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> Clay Dowling<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [GLLUG] putty titlebar<br></font><br></div> <div></div>since it was asked the title bar had something innappropriate(eg vulgar) displayed in it. I forgret exactly what now.<br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/22/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Caleb Cushing</b> <<a href="mailto:xenoterracide@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> xenoterracide@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div>very strange.... it seems to have gone away... but I don't like it. it appears that it might be my windows box that's been comprimized (the one i'm running putty on)... to soon to tell I think when I get home I need to review some logs. I've already changed my password for my login from a different terminal. </div> <div><span><br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/22/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Clay Dowling</b> <<a href="mailto:clay@lazarusid.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> clay@lazarusid.com</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>Caleb Cushing said:<br>> no... it reads a some sort of a DNS hostname.domainname record. but I'm<br>> not<br>> sure how it determines that. could be localsetting could be forward lookup<br>> reverse lookup. am I missing anything? how would I determine. <br><br>It's possible for a hacked server to lie to you about this.  Xterm allows<br>the setting of the title bar, and PuTTy supports this feature.  There's an<br>option under the PuTTy Windows settings to control this.<br><br>><br>> On 8/22/06, Charles Ulrich < <a href="mailto:charles@idealso.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">charles@idealso.com</a>> wrote:</blockquote></div><div><span><br>>><br>>> Caleb Cushing wrote: <br>>> > when using putty to ssh where does it get the info from  that's in the <br>>> > title bar? seems I've been cracked. I need to be more paranoid. but<br>>> > first I need to figure out how much damage was caused.<br>>><br></span></div><div>>> At a guess, it's probably reading the escape sequences mentioned here: <br>>><br>>><br>>> <a href="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/xterm-title-bar-manipulations.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/xterm-title-bar-manipulations.html </a><br>>> -- <br>>> Charles Ulrich<br>>> Ideal Solution, LLC -- <a href="http://www.idealso.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.idealso.com</a><br>>><br>> _______________________________________________ <br>> linux-user mailing list <br>> <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a><br>> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a><br>><br><br><br>--<br>Simple Content Management<br><a href="http://www.ceamus.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.ceamus.com</a><br><br>_______________________________________________ <br>linux-user mailing list<br><a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a><br><a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user </a><br></div></span></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div><br></blockquote></div><br>