From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 4 02:35:57 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D61C16A4CE for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2005 02:35:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxsf02.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf02.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F63F43D39 for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2005 02:35:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) Received: from mxip24.cluster1.charter.net (mxip24a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.154])j242ZtOK011723 for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 21:35:55 -0500 Received: from c68.115.42.98.static.ona.wi.charter.com (HELO [10.0.1.2]) (68.115.42.98) by mxip24.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 03 Mar 2005 21:35:55 -0500 X-Ironport-AV: i="3.90,134,1107752400"; d="scan'208"; a="198316648:sNHT14165968" In-Reply-To: <4227C30B.6030303@jacoulter.net> References: <4227C30B.6030303@jacoulter.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Eric F Crist Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 20:35:53 -0600 To: "James A. Coulter" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) cc: Freebsd-Questions Subject: Re: Found This In /usr - @LongLink X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 02:35:57 -0000 On Mar 3, 2005, at 8:08 PM, James A. Coulter wrote: > I found this in /usr on two FBSD 4.11 boxen: > > > ---------- 1 root wheel 105 Dec 31 1969 @LongLink > > One box is my firewall/router/gateway attached to a cable modem and > the other is behind the firewall. > > The 1969 timestamp and lack of file attributes is making the small > hair on the back of my neck standup. > > Is this normal? If so, what the heck is it? > > Or have I been rooted? > > Thanks! > > Jim > > -- > James A. Coulter > jacoulter@jacoulter.net > http://jacoulter.net James, I'm not trying to be rude, but a 30 second search through Google results for @LongLink turned up the following entry (on the first results page): Quote from http://www-unix.globus.org/mail_archive/discuss/2002/10/msg00352.html: >I learned that @LongLink is a GNU tar's way to handle long path >names. Apparently GNU tar now has to be used to untar some packages. >I'd like to suggest that the configuration script check and make sure >it gets the GNU tar, the same way it makes sure it gets Perl 5-005 or >higher. > >Now that I've installed the GNU tar on my system, what files do I >need to modify to invoke it, not the vendor tar, in order to continue >building for the information services. I'd rather not to start over >if I could help it. > >-- >Wendy Lin >------------- >IT Research Computing Services >af5@taiyang.cc.purdue.edu >http://www-rcd.cc.purdue.edu/~af5/ _______________________________________________________ Eric F Crist "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!" Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson