On 01-Sep-2000 Wesley A. Wannemacher wrote: > > 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.
Isn't that a trick used by crackers to avoid detection? One of those ".." probably has a space behind it, like this: ".. " -- Andrew