more xdm weirdness

[ian <ian.q@usa.net>]

An update to the xdm_4.0.2-1 peculiarity I reported previously: a file
with the unprintable name <50 78 03 20 01 0A> (hexadecimal) has
magically appeared in both the / and /root directories:

# find / -xdev -name 'Px^C ^A' -exec ls -l {} \;
-rw-------    1 root     root           89 Feb 20 06:37 /root/Px? ?
-rw-------    1 root     root           89 Feb 24 00:15 /Px? ?

The files are similar, but not identical:

# od -A n -t c 'Px^C ^A' 
 377 377  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0 023   X   D   M   -   A   U   T   H
   O   R   I   Z   A   T   I   O   N   -   1  \0 020   ` 023   0
   e 317 260   ; 211  \0 355   l 016 351   e   ~   L 377 377  \0
  \0  \0  \0  \0 022   M   I   T   -   M   A   G   I   C   -   C
   O   O   K   I   E   -   1  \0 020  \0   E   { 257   - 203 205
 376 317   t   9   a 225   v 370   X

-- which looks strangely like a .Xauthority file.


Ian Bruce


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