Subject: Re: Wargames? falken user?
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/20/2002 14:13:10
In message <20020920165419.39873.qmail@web9506.mail.yahoo.com>, Andy R writes:
>I'm trying to search a bit on this and mostly what I
>get are people's /etc/passwd files (because wargames
>and falken exist in that file).

>What is this? It's obviously not a game, it doesn't do
>anything. Why is there a user associated? The user
>doesn't have a nonexistant shell, so what's the deal
>with him? Does he have a password?

>Is there somewhere that I can read history on this?
>Seems like a joke to me.

>Yes, I have seen the movie.

I assume that's the history.  Professor Stephen Falken was the guy whose
system asked if you wanted to play a game.

It exists to be a front-end to the game system, because, well, that's how
those wacky Berkeley people thought.

-s