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Unexplained files - why?

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From	Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid>
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Subject	Unexplained files - why?
Date	Wed, 5 Oct 2011 00:29:21 +0000 (UTC)
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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?


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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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