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Re: Unexplained files - why?

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From	Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
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Subject	Re: Unexplained files - why?
Date	Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:41:40 -0400
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On 10/11/2011 10:28 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
> On 10/04/2011 08:29 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>> I've just run rkhunter on one of my Linux boxes. It found an unexpected
>> pair of files:
>>
>> /etc/.java/.systemPrefs/.system.lock
>> /etc/.java/.systemPrefs/.systemRootModFile
>>
>> Both are empty and are timestamped "May 4 11:58" and so are probably
>> connected to an SDK update since I found an archived copy of jdk-6u26-
>> linux-i586.rpm with a timestamp of "May 4 11:59" on the same machine.
>> What is odd is that I installed the same JDK on another machine at the
>> same time and it doesn't have these odd files or the /etc/.java directory
>> in its filing system.
>>
>> So, have any of you seen these files or know why they were created?
>>
>>
> Just now and no. Debian squeeze with several Java versions all from the
> Debian repositories as far as I know.
a web search term systemRootModFile seems to indicate the files are part 
of a normal install on some os. This link reenforces that impression.
<http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21249277>

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Unexplained files - why? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-10-05 00:29 +0000
  Re: Unexplained files - why? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-10-11 10:28 -0400
    Re: Unexplained files - why? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-11 08:08 -0700
      Re: Unexplained files - why? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-10-11 19:38 +0000
    Re: Unexplained files - why? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-10-11 11:41 -0400
      Re: Unexplained files - why? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-10-11 11:51 -0400

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