You could also use lsof to see if skype opens that file for reading


On 8/27/07, Jim K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I saw slashdot had a note that skype accesses the /etc/passwd file.
> Because I have used skype occasionally I am somewhat concerned. As a
> quick and dirty script would this detect such access:
> ls -l --time=atime shadow >>somelogfile
> ls -l --time=atime passwd >>somelogfile
> ls -l --time=ctime shadow >>somelogfile
> ls -l --time=ctime passwd >>somelogfile
>  atime being access and ctime being use. I will play around to see if ls
> affects atime. I am more concerned about reading the passwd and
> especially shadow file then just listing the directory /etc.
> Jim K
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