From: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
To: Alex Buell <alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk>
Cc: Mailing List - Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Duplicate '..' in /lib
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 01:07:12 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010716010712.B6609@visi.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0107160548400.3655-100000@tahallah.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0107160548400.3655-100000@tahallah.demon.co.uk>; from alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk on Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 05:50:12AM +0100
On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 05:50:12AM +0100, Alex Buell wrote:
> I just found a pair of '..' directories in the /lib directory. e2fsck 1.19
> didn't even pick up on this!
>
> /lib
> 4 drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Jun 9 16:06 ..
> 4 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 27 Jun 9 15:55 ..
>
> How can I get rid of this? I'm on kernel 2.2.19, running on sparc-linux.
ls -aQ
I bet that file has atleasy one space after the "..". The -Q makes ls
enclose the filename in double-quotes.
I'de be worried if this were actually the case, and check the contents
of that file. It's a common way for someone to "hide" files when they
crack a system.
Ben
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-07-16 5:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-16 4:50 Alex Buell
2001-07-16 5:07 ` Ben Collins [this message]
2001-07-16 5:08 ` Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
2001-07-16 5:11 ` Adam
2001-07-16 5:16 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-07-16 5:38 ` Alexander Viro
2001-07-16 5:55 ` David Luyer
2001-07-16 6:30 ` Alex Buell
2001-07-16 8:07 ` Wichert Akkerman
2001-07-16 8:16 ` J Troy Piper
2001-07-17 2:22 ` Michael H. Warfield
2001-07-17 10:26 ` Alex Buell
2001-07-17 12:33 ` Michael H. Warfield
2001-07-17 12:44 ` Alex Buell
2001-07-17 12:58 ` Michael H. Warfield
2001-07-17 13:00 ` Large memory oops/odd behaviour Linux 2.2, seeking recommendations Mr. James W. Laferriere
2001-07-16 5:32 ` Duplicate '..' in /lib Alex Buell
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