Subject: Excess Login Session for "mitzi" Terminated (fwd)

From: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 10:49:49 -0500 (EST)

I have been having this message appear on my screen several times a day
lately and I am very discouraged.  Along with this, I also get a message
that my pine system is not working!  I do not understand much about the
computers and so if you have any info for me, I shall forward it to my
son who seems to be able to understand all this. I am working off an 
Amiga 500 which as he has told me, is outdated.  This, along with the fact
that my local BBS has been updating their equipment tends to make me think
I am going to loose my service because my Amiga cannot handle the new
updates.  Am I correct, or is there something I can do??? I don't know 
enough about all this to think I may (or may not)have a "bug" so I will 
just hope you can diagnosis this enough to help me!!!! 

              It takes both sunshine and rain.....   
           :)          to make a rainbow!          :)                   
                         
                            Mitzi

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 10:26:31 -0500 (EST)
From: Blue Moon System News <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Subject: Excess Login Session for "mitzi" Terminated

                      *** OFFICIAL NOTICE FROM ***
            *** BLUEMOON ONLINE SYSTEM INTERNET SERVICES ***

      On Sat Mar 21 10:26:30, your account was detected as having 2
dialup connections to our service while you are permitted only 1. The
eldest of these connections was terminated to accommodate the recent
connection.

Disconnected Offending Session:
   shell ttyp7 (gatekeeper.bluemoon.net)
Other Simultaneously Logged in Connection:
   shell ttypc (gatekeeper.bluemoon.net)

      If you need to maintain more than 1 dialup session with our
service at any given time, you may wish to subscribe for an additional
dialup account.

      It is possible that someone is accessing your account without your
authorization. In this case, we recommend that you change your password
immediately. This may be done through a shell login, using the "passwd"
command. If you do not know how to do this, you may call our service line
at (716)517-6666 between 10AM and 6PM during weekdays to talk to a
representative.

- Blue Moon Network News
  http://www.bluemoon.net

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 21 Mar 1998 19:42:10 +0100

> "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]> writes:

> I have been having this message appear on my screen several times a
> day lately and I am very discouraged.  
		 ============= message =============
> authorization. In this case, we recommend that you change your
> password immediately. This may be done through a shell login, using
> the "passwd" command. If you do not know how to do this, you may
> call our service line at (716)517-6666 between 10AM and 6PM during
> weekdays to talk to a representative.
		 ============= message =============
> Along with this, I also get a message that my pine system is not
> working!

My first guess would have been that someone hacked your account. But since
pine "is not working", I could also imagine that there is another session
of yours still running. Anyway, you should change your password. Simply
login and say "passwd", then follow the instructions.

> I do not understand much about the computers and so if you have any
> info for me, I shall forward it to my son who seems to be able to
> understand all this. 

Hope your son is any good at Unix ;-) 

1. Find out who is working with your account. Say:

      w | grep mitzi

2. Find out where this person comes from. Say:
   
      traceroute <the offender>

3. Have your sysadmin delve into the matter.

> I am working off an Amiga 500 which as he has told me, is outdated.
> This, along with the fact that my local BBS has been updating their
> equipment tends to make me think I am going to loose my service
> because my Amiga cannot handle the new updates.  Am I correct, or is
> there something I can do??? 

That's not a pine question. However, an Amiga 500 *is* a little
outdated, and you might consider getting a new computer.

> I don't know enough about all this to think I may (or may not) have
> a "bug" so I will just hope you can diagnosis this enough to help
> me!!!!

No. That's not a bug, that's a feature of your provider's. Talk to
them. They might even give you another account.

HTH,
Robin

-- 
Robin S. Socha
We've called for reinforcements from the friends that we have known
But this is the 1990s and we are on our own

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From: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 19:18:08 -0500 (EST)

Thanks a bunch!!!  I will speak with them on Monday! I appreciate your
help.  

                            Mitzi