On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 04:04:57PM +0300, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> See the following transcript:
> 
> <<<
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/TEMP$ touch one
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/TEMP$ touch two
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/TEMP$ /bin/cp -i -f one two
> /bin/cp: overwrite `two'? y
> >>>
> 
> Now why does /bin/cp asks for permission if the -f flag is the last one? I 
> know the Solaris cp does that, but GNU cp shouldn't. On my home machine 
> (Mandriva 2005) it works fine.
> 
> Is that a rootkit?

If it is a rootkit, it is installed on my current Debian Sarge
workstation. This also seems to be the behaviour of busybox (1:1.00-1) cp.

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