Author: James Swafford
Date: 20:32:32 06/24/02
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On June 24, 2002 at 20:13:16, Slater Wold wrote: >A ran into a problem today with a system running SCO 5.0.5m. I can not figure >it out, and it's driving me nuts. (Yes, I have looked on the 'Net, I can't find >anything.) > >I logon as root, and I go into "/programs" and type "ls" I see a list of files. >They are owned by several different users, with several different permissions, >types, sizes, etc. I chmod *everything* 777. (From root, I type, "chmod -R 777 >programs".) > >Then I logon as another user, slate, and go into that same exact directory >"/programs" and type "ls". It gives me a list of *SOME* of the files. (About >70%.) If I type "ls <anything>*" it will tell me "no such file or directory". > >Basically, there are a handful of files, that are virtually "hidden" to all >other users except root. Even after chmod'ing everything 777. > > Is this machine connected to the net? Is it secure (as if that were possible)? One idea, though I admit is probably not the case, is to be sure you aren't the victim of some kind of root kit. In other words, are you sure your "ls" is legit? I found out the hard way a couple of months ago that my "top" and "ps" commands weren't. :) -- James >Any ideas? > >I appreciate any response.
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