[lug] Strange modes

[Chip Atkinson]

Ok, I'll try the fsck and hope that's the problem.  

On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Calvin Dodge wrote:

> Chip Atkinson wrote:
> > 
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > I just discovered some weird file modes in my /usr/local/bin directory.
> > Here's an example:
> > 
> > ?r-S--S--- 256 129      root     160582144 Oct  1  2028 glimpse
> > ?r-S--S--- 256 129      root     131616512 Oct  1  2028 glimpseindex
> > ?r-S--S--- 256 129      root     159824128 Oct  1  2028 glimpseserver
> 
> Whoa!
> 
> At first glance, it looks like a corrupt filesystem.  Have you run fsck on
> this?
> 
> If this is connected to the Internet, I also might suspect your box has been
> hacked.
> 
> But try fsck first.
> 
> Calvin
> 
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> Calvin Dodge
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