On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel González Gasull wrote: > >> rkhunter send me everyday an email with these warnings: >> >> Warning: Suspicious file types found in /dev: >> /dev/shm/pulse-shm-3032589378: data >> Warning: Hidden directory found: /etc/.java >> Warning: Hidden directory found: /dev/.static >> Warning: Hidden directory found: /dev/.udev >> Warning: Hidden directory found: /dev/.initramfs >> >> I think it's safe to ignore them. Am I wrong? > > Rkhunter cannot tell whether these hidden directories are legit or > not.
I think they are legit, but I'm not a security expert and I don't know the purpose of every single file and directory in my system. How do you decide if a file or directory is legit? TIA. -- Daniel González Gasull ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Rkhunter-users mailing list Rkhunter-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rkhunter-users
