Re: files without package

[lists@lina.inka.de (Bernd Eckenfels)]

Hi,

>   /etc/passwd~
>   Looks like a temp file. Can anyone shed some light on this?

This can be created by editing /etcpasswd by hand Delete it..

> 
>   /usr/bin/[*
>   This is junk. Blow it away.

No, this is the Binary "test", it is needed for things like "[ -f "bla" ]"
for shells wich dont support builtin test support. This is required from
POSIX afaik.

>   /dev/initctl|
>   /dev/printer=
>   /dev/xconsole|
>   Are there really these symbols on the end?

Those are named pipes and unix domain sockets needed to operate the system.

Greetings
Bernd