Re: extra .. folder in /dev

2000-09-01 Thread Matthew H. Ray
"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 ro

Re: extra .. folder in /dev

2000-09-01 Thread Chester Hosey
I'd imagine that there is a space following the .. in the second entry. Thus: ".", "..", ".. ", "MAKEDEV", . . . The simplest way to delete the second .. should be: rm ..?* The question mark will expand to whatever character follows the .., and the * will take care of whatever follows. Although

RE: extra .. folder in /dev

2000-09-01 Thread Pollywog
On 01-Sep-2000 Wesley A. Wannemacher wrote: > > drwxr-xr-x 7 root root34816 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 root26450 Apr 17 1999 MAKEDEV > -rwxr

Re: extra .. folder in /dev

2000-09-01 Thread Sune Kirkeby
On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 02:39:04PM -0400, 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 foll

Re: extra .. folder in /dev

2000-09-01 Thread Jim Breton
On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 02:39:04PM -0400, Wesley A. Wannemacher wrote: > I have a Linux machine that has been recently > rooted. I have found many strange things on the > > Why is there an extra '..'? There was also a Most likely one of them is really named ".. " or something like that. Check f

Re: extra .. folder in /dev

2000-09-01 Thread Alexander Hvostov
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.

extra .. folder in /dev

2000-09-01 Thread Wesley A. Wannemacher
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 root34816 Sep 1 14:27 . drwxr-xr-x 20 roo

Re: extra .. folder in /dev

2000-09-01 Thread Matthew H. Ray
"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 r

Re: extra .. folder in /dev

2000-09-01 Thread Chester Hosey
I'd imagine that there is a space following the .. in the second entry. Thus: ".", "..", ".. ", "MAKEDEV", . . . The simplest way to delete the second .. should be: rm ..?* The question mark will expand to whatever character follows the .., and the * will take care of whatever follows. Althoug

RE: extra .. folder in /dev

2000-09-01 Thread Pollywog
On 01-Sep-2000 Wesley A. Wannemacher wrote: > > drwxr-xr-x 7 root root34816 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 root26450 Apr 17 1999 MAKEDEV > -rwx

Re: extra .. folder in /dev

2000-09-01 Thread Sune Kirkeby
On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 02:39:04PM -0400, 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 fol

Re: extra .. folder in /dev

2000-09-01 Thread Jim Breton
On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 02:39:04PM -0400, Wesley A. Wannemacher wrote: > I have a Linux machine that has been recently > rooted. I have found many strange things on the > > Why is there an extra '..'? There was also a Most likely one of them is really named ".. " or something like that. Check

Re: extra .. folder in /dev

2000-09-01 Thread Alexander Hvostov
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

extra .. folder in /dev

2000-09-01 Thread Wesley A. Wannemacher
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 root34816 Sep 1 14:27 . drwxr-xr-x 20 ro