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Subject: Re: A Unix question. (Slightly off-topic)

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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