Author: James Swafford
Date: 05:15:22 06/26/02
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On June 25, 2002 at 23:06:11, Slater Wold wrote: >On June 24, 2002 at 23:32:32, James Swafford wrote: > >>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. > >Nope, not possible. I didn't think so. But I'll never forget that feeling when I realized why my "ps" behaved strangely, and my "top" was _missing_. Now I'm a little suspect of any strange behavior. -- James
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