Re: Root1

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 02:10:19PM +0200, smurfd aka nicklas boman wrote:
> l??r 2004-04-03 klockan 18.43 skrev smurfd:
> > BUT, after some usage i found a file called /1 wich contained
> > something about /etc/emacs and /2 and i dont use emacs. Though in
> > /etc/emacs there was some that could have been installed by devhelp. 
> > 
> > My question is, has anyone else had this /1 file? was i rooted? is
> > it a known bug? Anyway i had to wipe my drive, so i cant paste the
> > exact containment in the /1 file.
> 
> Okey, a short update.
> The installer, still kick-ass, though, i wasnt able to make it install
> lilo instead of grub. i skipped the "install grub" and choosed "install
> lilo" instead, bud as i hit enter, i see the installer saying
> "installing  Grub" .. not lilo.
> Weird.. (i know its still under development.. just wanted to let ya
> know)

Installation reports are best sent to debian-boot.

> I have narrowed down the possibillities of things that could be the
> cause of that file. 
> 1st) I had a visitioir, simple as that. i was kindof unprotected, though
> still it feels pretty stupit to leave a file that visible...
> 2nd) What i can think of, the only package i havent installed that was
> on this box before is the mldonkey-server & mldoneky-gui packages, wich
> i was using..
> 
> anyway, would appreciate some opinions. what could have caused this..
> shall i post a bug report? 

It seems very likely that the files are the result of a maintainer
script bug rather than any kind of attack. However, you'd need to be
able to narrow it down to a particular package before you wipe the disk
in order to file a bug, really.

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]