Re: Strange file names
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> I have some strange files. Do they have to exist in /usr/bin?
> ss1:/usr/bin$ ls -l | more
> total 9010
> -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 20720 Dec 24 1998 [
the 'test' program, widely used in shell scripts
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 107956 Feb 24 1999 a2p
awk -> perl translator
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Nov 16 03:44 aaaa -> host
does the same thing as the program 'host'
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14416 Feb 24 1999 ab
apache benchmark
> Or, does it mean that this system has been cracked?
Nope.
> Or am I just being paranoid?
You're just being paranoid. I have all those files too, and my server
has, most definitely, been cracked.
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Phil Brutsche pbrutsch@creighton.edu
"There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the
universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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