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spookykid

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2006-07-23

Posts: 141

[ SOLVED ] Security Issue?

Hi all, i've noticed that on my root file system there is a folder named "weird" without any files inside it and in home i have "ftp" "httpd" and "spookykid". spookykid is my user folder and i know that ftp is created by default on arch, my question is how about the other 2, especially the one named "weird" on my root disk have i been hacked?

Last edited by spookykid (2007-08-13 18:05:00)

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Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: [ SOLVED ] Security Issue?

The weird folder comes from certain mono app packages. You can remove it if you want as it shouldn't be part of the packages.

The httpd folder is sometime created by some web-related packages. Does it contain files? If yes, run 'pacman -Qo' on them to see to which package they belong.

spookykid

Member

From: Portugal

Registered: 2006-07-23

Posts: 141

Re: [ SOLVED ] Security Issue?

Thank you Snowman, i appreciate your answer Feeling safer now!

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