Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 23:24:31 +0800 From: "jett tayer" <webby@bsdi.dhs.org> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>, "hawk" <hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: invisible files in /usr/tmp ??? Message-ID: <006901c0a8ad$09ab3e40$1e4bb0cb@martian> References: <200103091451.f29EpaW63580@fac13.ds.psu.edu>
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to have an invisible file/s try this mv filename " " its great if you want to hide your exploits directory on a compromised box hehehehe jett tayer ----- Original Message ----- From: "hawk" <hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 10:51 PM Subject: Re: invisible files in /usr/tmp ??? > mike mentioned > > hawk <hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu> types: > > > I'm having a problem with files in /usr/tmp becoming "invisible." > > > Being "invisble" implies that they are still there, but you can't see > > them. What makes you think they are still there? > > When I try to download again, netscape apparently sees them and asks if > I want to overwrite. > > > > Typically, this comes when downloading a file with netscape. ls then > > > can see the file, and that it's copying over it if I download again, > > > but ls cannot see the files. > > > I can't parse this. Please try again. > > I download a file, apparently successfully. I look in /usr/tmp, but it > shows no evidence of being there. I then tell netscape to download > again, and it asks if it should overwrite the file. > > > > While I'm at it, neither /tmp nor /usr/tmp seem to be regularly deleting > > > files; could this be related? > > > Nope. You can enable cleaning tmp by adding the appropriate things to > > /etc/periodic.conf. See the periodic.conf man page for details. > > mmm, htat would explain why so many systems seem to fall out of the > habit :) > > thanks > > hawk > > -- > Prof. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 > dochawk@psu.edu > These opinions will not be those of Penn State until it pays my retainer. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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