sendmail hash in /

[Mike Pfleger <pfleger@pfleger-precision.com>]

OK, Richard et al;  I've got a weird one for you here.

On Monday, I did an apt-get upgrade of my Woody box, built a 2.4.10
kernel, and started playing with X4.10 which kicks serious butt :)
However, I have found a very odd bunch of files hanging out in / .
For your viewing pleasure:

-rw-------    1 root     root            0 Oct  3 10:01 errs3cAjPx
-rw-------    1 root     root            0 Oct  4 10:20 errsBsXXgw
-rw-------    1 root     root            0 Oct  1 14:13 errsaNXMWD
-rw-------    1 root     root            0 Oct  1 17:31 errsnLgRvS
-rw-------    1 root     root            0 Oct  2 09:31 errsuYVBBQ
-rw-------    1 root     root            0 Oct  1 12:14 errsuyOfkj
-rw-------    1 root     root            0 Oct  3 21:33 errsvTUUTy
-rw-r--r--    1 mail     mail            0 Oct  1 11:24 hash
-rw-r--r--    1 mail     mail        12288 Oct  1 11:24 hash.db

Now; I know for sure that the hash and hash.db are the product of my
sendmail upgrade, as it told me that it was building a new hash.  Lo and
behold there's nothing in /etc/mail by that name.  The time stamp
matches all the stuff like sendmail.cf in /etc/mail, too.

Any ideas as to why sendmail might put the hash and hash.db in / ?  Did
I screw something up in my sendmail.mc, perhaps?  How about any ideas as
to what the other stuff is?  The files have a certain look of sendmail
to them; like those strings that identify queued, unsent messages.

Thanks in advance,
Mike Pfleger

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Where are they hiding?
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