Wesley, e2fsck -f should find and clean that up, but I _strongly_ advise you to reinstall completely. Rooted boxes are like some forms of cancer -- no matter how hard you try, you just can't get the "disease" (or the script kiddie, in your case) to go away. Reinstallation is your only real option.
Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS/CM>CC/IT d- s:+ a16 C++(++++)>$ UL++++>$ P---() L+++>+ E+>+ W+(-) N o? K? w--() !O M- !V PS+>+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ !5 X-- !R tv b DI D++ G>+++ e-- h! !r y ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Wesley A. Wannemacher wrote: > Help (if it is not too much trouble). > > I have a Linux machine that has been recently > rooted. I have found many strange things on the > hard drive of the server. when doing an 'ls -la' > in the /dev folder I see the following: > > drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 34816 Sep 1 14:27 . > drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 1024 Sep 1 14:34 .. > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Jul 15 11:22 .. > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26450 Apr 17 1999 MAKEDEV > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1598 Apr 19 1999 MAKEDEV.ibcs > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jun 11 1999 X0R -> null > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jun 11 1999 arp -> inet/arp > crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 10, 3 May 5 1998 atibm > crw-r--r-- 1 root sys 14, 4 Apr 17 1999 audio > > Why is there an extra '..'? There was also a > '...', but I have deleted it. How should I go > about deleting the extra '..'? I am kinda new, > so any help is appreciated, I can post any other > information needed. > > Thanks > ____________________________________ > Wesley A. Wannemacher > Instructor, Network Administrator > University of Northwestern Ohio > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ____________________________________ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >