Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!usenet.ukfsn.org!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Unexplained files - why? Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 00:29:21 +0000 (UTC) Organization: UK Free Software Network Lines: 20 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.45.235.129 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: localhost.localdomain 1317774561 21236 84.45.235.129 (5 Oct 2011 00:29:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@localhost.localdomain NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 00:29:21 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:8700 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? -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |