Re: something is writing to /
:-> "Chad" == Chad Miller <cmiller@surfsouth.com> writes:
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 09:38:13AM +0200, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
>> Some package is writing temporary data and is registering devices to /
>> Please have a look at the following ls -las and see if you can
>> recognize it as part of your work:
>>
>>
>> root@penny:/ # ls -lasd bc* err* scc*
>> 0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 51, 0 Jul 28 09:02 bc0
>> 0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 51, 1 Jul 28 09:02 bc1
>> 0 -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jul 29 08:45 errs0cWf8U
>> 0 -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jul 29 08:45 errs2XdSiW
>> 0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 34, 0 Jul 28 09:02 scc0
>> 0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 34, 1 Jul 28 09:02 scc1
> So, see what {pre,post}{inst,rm} file has an access time near 28.07,09:02.
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 394 Jul 28 09:02 suck.config
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 593 Jul 28 09:02 suck.postinst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1092 Jul 28 09:02 suck.templates
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 375 Jul 28 09:02 simgear0.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 253 Jul 28 09:02 rrdtool.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 439 Jul 28 09:02 sensord.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1498 Jul 28 09:02 nictools-nopci.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1490 Jul 28 09:02 nictools-pci.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 309 Jul 28 09:02 quicktime4linux-utils.postinst-r-- 1 root root 0 Jul 29 06:25 qps.list
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 273 Jul 28 09:02 mrtg-contrib.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2912 Jul 28 09:02 mrtg.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 253 Jul 28 09:02 nemesis.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 279 Jul 28 09:01 mrtg.config
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2513 Jul 28 09:01 mrtg.templates
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 421 Jul 28 09:01 mp3info-gtk.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 239 Jul 28 09:01 mp3info.config
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 364 Jul 28 09:01 mp3info.postinst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2387 Jul 28 09:01 mp3info.templates
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 269 Jul 28 09:01 librrd0-dev.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1485 Jul 28 09:01 librrd0.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 273 Jul 28 09:01 librrds-perl.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 294 Jul 28 09:01 lm-sensors.postinst
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1474 Jul 28 09:01 mii-diag.postinst
nothing else was accessed in /var/lib/dpkg/info on Jul 28
unless it was reaccessed today when I ran apt-get dselect-upgrade
> Grep -l your apt cache dir for literal 'errsXXXXXX'.
uh.. ehm... I beg your pardon?
Pf
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Linux penny 2.4.7 #1 Thu Jul 26 14:48:56 CEST 2001 i686 unknown
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