tty1 is the first console.  Are you sure you hadn't logged into the 
console, and forgotten to log out?

On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Freivald, Joseph A, SOFED wrote:

> I made a Linux firewall using IPTABLES on RedHat 7.3 when I got my cable modem 
>recently, and I have noticed in the logs that there are a LOT of times when the 
>machine is hit with all kinds of requests that are logged.
> 
> Yesterday, I was doing a routine check of the system (logging in with ssh), and 
>running the 'top' command, I noticed that it said there were 2 users logged in.  So I 
>dropped back to the shell and did a who, and root was logged in twice.  The second 
>one was me, but the first one said it was logged in from tty1.
> 
> I immediately shut down the external interface and downloaded the logs, but I'm not 
>sure what to look for, what with all the hits that the system seems to get.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> The firewall script is pretty thorough, I think, and is well commented; but its 
>long, so I wont post it unless asked.
> 
> --JATF
> 
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