Re: BIND problem
> On Feb 23, 2016, at 8:56 AM, Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> First things first, unless someone deliberately customized
> it, /etc/rc.local should contain exactly one meaningful line - 'exit
> 0'.
It does. See below.
> Your result shows entirely different thing though.
Well, I just asked egrep to look for the string 'rc.local' anywhere in a filename in /etc. And it found what look to me like a couple hidden mozilla files. In the list of names, not in the execution of the files.
> Second, that result means that somebody run at least once Mozilla
> Firefox or Debian Iceweasel on this host as root. Definitely not a
> crime against a nature, but definitely a sign of a bad taste.
That would be me, I'm afraid. IIRC, I thought I was logged into a different computer. It's a vague memory from a long time ago.
> A simple 'cat /etc/rc.local' would be even better.
root@log:~# cat /etc/rc.local
#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.
exit 0
> But, that's assuming
> that you can trust your current kernel and userland (see above).
Are you saying it would be worthwhile to compare my kernel modules to those in a live CD? Or is that considered overkill and probably not necessary?
--
Glenn English
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