Does ACS emulator make calls to: sysinfo, whoami or netstat ? -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Does ACS emulator make calls to: sysinfo, whoami or netstat ?
From: Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 15:47:05 +0000
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Hey friends an interesting one. i got asked this ACS question. I have a note out to Jesse G, but curious if anyone knows the answer to this:

Do you know if the 5250 emulator runs whoami, sysinfo or netstat commands in the background at all?

We have an MSP who monitors the firewall and connections, and they see those commands being run in the background and we wanted to make sure it wasn't anything nefarious.

Thoughts appreciated so I can respond appropriately.

Regards,
Richard Schoen
Web: http://www.richardschoen.net
Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Follow-Ups:

Re: Does ACS emulator make calls to: sysinfo, whoami or netstat ? , cesco
Re: Does ACS emulator make calls to: sysinfo, whoami or netstat ? , David Gibbs
Re: Does ACS emulator make calls to: sysinfo, whoami or netstat ? , Jim Oberholtzer

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