Redhat workstations searching the internet
mgoins at kcp.com
mgoins at kcp.com
Tue Jun 25 15:08:27 CDT 2002
I figured it out, it's an xscreensaver called WebCollage. Have a look.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
# webcollage, Copyright (c) 1999-2001 by Jamie Zawinski <jwz at jwz.org>
# This program decorates the screen with random images from the web.
# One satisfied customer described it as "a nonstop pop culture brainbath."
#
# Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and
its
# documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided
that
# the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
# copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
# documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this
# software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or
# implied warranty.
# To run this as a display mode with xscreensaver, add this to `programs':
#
# default-n: webcollage -root n# default-n: webcollage
-root -filter 'vidwhacker -stdin -stdout' n
require 5;
use strict;
# We can't "use diagnostics" here, because that library malfunctions if
# you signal and catch alarms: it says "Uncaught exception from user code"
# and exits, even though I damned well AM catching it!
#use diagnostics;
use Socket;
require Time::Local;
require POSIX;
use Fcntl ':flock'; # import LOCK_* constants
use POSIX qw(strftime);
my $progname = $0; $progname =~ s at .*/@@g;
my $version = q{ $Revision: 1.77 $ }; $version =~ s/^[^0-9]+([0-9.]+).
*$/$1/;
my $copyright = "WebCollage $version, Copyright (c) 1999-2001" .
" Jamie Zawinski <jwz at jwz.org>n" .
" http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/n";
my @search_methods = ( 35, "imagevista", &pick_from_alta_vista_images,
33, "altavista", &pick_from_alta_vista_text,
20, "yahoorand", &pick_from_yahoo_random_link,
2, "yahoonews", &pick_from_yahoo_news_text,
10, "lycos", &pick_from_lycos_text,
# Hotbot gives me "no matches" just about every time.
# Then I try the same URL again, and it works. I
guess
# it caches searches, and webcollage always busts its
# cache and time out? Or it just sucks.
# 0, "hotbot", &pick_from_hotbot_text,
);
#@search_methods=(100, "lycos", &pick_from_lycos_text);
"Brian Densmore"
<DensmoreB at ctbso To: <mgoins at kcp.com>
nline.com> cc:
Subject: RE: Redhat workstations searching the
internet
06/25/02 09:54
AM
what does 'ps -ax' show?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mgoins at kcp.com [mailto:mgoins at kcp.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 9:35 AM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Redhat workstations searching the internet
>
>
> I have recently deployed some Redhat 7.3 workstation my
> problem is they
> are trying to search the internet. I have a lots of proxy
> log entries for
> them trying to get to yahoo, google, and altavista. Does any
> one know of
> any app that does this. ( mozilla?) It must be an app,
> because currently no
> user are using these boxes.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> ~Michael
>
>
>
>
>
> majordomo at kclug.org
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