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Re: Unexplained files - why?

From	Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Unexplained files - why?
Date	2011-10-11 19:38 +0000
Organization	UK Free Software Network
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:08:48 -0700, Roedy Green wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:28:20 -0400, Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
> 
>>> /etc/.java/.systemPrefs/.system.lock
> 
> That sounds like a file created to let everyone know some set of files
> are busy.  Such files can be left behind if you abort or crash in mid
> flight.
> 
> Did you abort an install?
>
Not that I can remember.

I've recently replaced the chkrootkit checker, which seems to have become 
abandonware some time since 2009, with rkhunter because the chkrootkit FPs 
were becoming annoying and it turns out that rkhunter is directly 
supported by RedHat and included in current Fedora distros. While 
scanning the rkhunter documentation I noticed that by default it ignores 
/etc/.java and its contents, so evidently its considered benign.

So, thanks for your suggestions and comments. Its nice to know that it 
can safely be ignored.

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martin@   | Martin Gregorie
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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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