Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 09:44:37 -0500 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Jay Nelson <jdn@acp.qiv.com> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hidden files question Message-ID: <11630.910104277@gjp.erols.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Nov 1998 22:56:24 CST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.981102202326.1860A-100000@acp.qiv.com>
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Jay Nelson wrote in message ID <Pine.BSF.3.96.981102202326.1860A-100000@acp.qiv.com>: > Is there a known benign condition that could account for this? Try running fstat & friends to see if there is a file held open on /var. Its possible that a program opened up a file and it somehow got unlinked (a nightly tidy-up cron?) but the file is still held open. So its not visable via any directory, but its still there. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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