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Re: Why do people do this? [Was fishingboat in root]



TAKE ME OFF YOUR STUPID FE-MAIL LIST BEFORE I CALL MY LAWYER FOR HARASSMENT
YOU BASTARDS

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian P. Flaherty" <vze2rfri@verizon.net>
To: <debian-security@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:04 PM
Subject: Why do people do this? [Was fishingboat in root]


> So, I found it in netwatch.c.  Why do people create these files?  I
> have enough to do already, without wasting time looking for the source
> of spurious files.
>
> static unsigned char fillmac[] = {  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0  };
> static FILE *fish = NULL;
> static char fishname[] = "/root/.fishingboat";
> static int fishlen = 0;
> static char *fishp;
>
> Could a message go in the README.Debian file in netdiag that says
> something to the effect of "netwatch will create a silly file,
> /root/.fishingboat, don't worry about it."  How about on the manpage
> in the files section?
>
> --
> Brian P. Flaherty
>
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>        X        AGAINST HTML MAIL    and garbage files lying around
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