On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 07:56:29PM -0800, aphro wrote > On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Oki DZ wrote: > > litban >I have some strange files. Do they have to exist in /usr/bin? > > uhoh!! > > litban >-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 20720 Dec 24 1998 [ > > dont know what that is ..but i have it too, i cant get dpkg to identify it > .. >
This is a conventional alias for 'test'. As in, $ if [ -e /usr/bin/[ ] ; \ then echo [ is present in /usr/bin; \ else \ echo [ is missing - your system is a little hosed, dude. ;\ fi >[snip] > > never know..binaries can always be replaced ....once when i got cracked > the guy stuck a password sniffer in /dev (forgot the name of the > sniffer) and it was logging all the POP3 passwords.. > > litban >Or am I just being paranoid? > > you can never be too paranoid. > Oh, I don't know about that... John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark