Re: Strange /usr/bin file

2008-02-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 04:37:01PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > # Dear package manager, in what package do we have '['? > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S [ > dpkg: [ not found. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/[ > dpkg: /usr/bin/[ not found. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S '/usr/bin/\['

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

2008-02-11 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 10:02:14AM +1300, Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 10:22:21AM +0100, Mirco Piccin wrote: > > Hi all. > > I find in my Debian Lenny machine this file, in /usr/bin folder: > > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34504 2008-01-29

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

2008-02-11 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 10:22:21AM +0100, Mirco Piccin wrote: > Hi all. > I find in my Debian Lenny machine this file, in /usr/bin folder: > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34504 2008-01-29 04:03 [ > > Who created this file? What does it do? I presume you mean "what" created this file? [EMAIL

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

2008-02-11 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi! > # Dear package manager, in what package do we have '['? > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S [ > dpkg: [ not found. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/[ > dpkg: /usr/bin/[ not found. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S '/usr/bin/\[' > coreutils: /usr/bin/[ > > # Hmm... I guess some initial knowled

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

2008-02-11 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 05:25:57PM +0100, Mirco Piccin wrote: > ..but sorry, for me was not full understandable that "[" = "TEST", > expecially after i've read about the 2.6. 24.1 kernel (mine) exploit > in a debian topic, today :-D # Dear package manager, in what package do we have '['? [EMAIL

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

2008-02-11 Thread Jochen Schulz
Ron Johnson: > On 02/11/08 09:33, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: >> >> /me wonders just how much more he has to learn before he thinks that he >> knows a reasonable amount about Linux... > > Very few people are true, complete *ix gurus anymore... According to this mail2phpBB gateway, at least

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

2008-02-11 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi and thanks for the replies. > man [ is quite evealing ...and that was the first thing i've done: # man [ TEST(1) User Commands TEST(1) NAME test - check file types and compare values SYNOPSIS test EXPRESSION test

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

2008-02-11 Thread Bill Smith
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:22:21 +0100 "Mirco Piccin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all. I find in my Debian Lenny machine this file, in /usr/bin folder: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34504 2008-01-29 04:03 [ Who created this file? What does it do? Thanks fo

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

2008-02-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/08 09:33, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:19:49 -0500 > "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This should be in an FAQ somewhere. I see it about once a year. >> Presumably the OP has just started in Len

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

2008-02-11 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:19:49 -0500 "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This should be in an FAQ somewhere. I see it about once a year. > Presumably the OP has just started in Lenny or he would have seen it > in Etch, Sarge, Woody, Potato... Probably back to either 4.3 BSD or > the or

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

2008-02-11 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 03:06:15PM +0530, Kushal Kumaran wrote: > On Feb 11, 2008 2:52 PM, Mirco Piccin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I find in my Debian Lenny machine this file, in /usr/bin folder: > > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34504 2008-01-29 04:03 [ > > > > Who created this file? Wha

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

2008-02-11 Thread Johann Spies
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 12:59:37PM +0100, ??. wrote: > Quoth Kushal Kumaran: > > On Feb 11, 2008 2:52 PM, Mirco Piccin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all. > > > I find in my Debian Lenny machine this file, in /usr/bin folder: > > > > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 roo

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

2008-02-11 Thread Александър Л . Димитров
Quoth Kushal Kumaran: > On Feb 11, 2008 2:52 PM, Mirco Piccin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all. > > I find in my Debian Lenny machine this file, in /usr/bin folder: > > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34504 2008-01-29 04:03 [ > > > > Who created this file? What does it do? > > > > It's (m

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

2008-02-11 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:22:21 +0100 "Mirco Piccin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all. > I find in my Debian Lenny machine this file, in /usr/bin folder: > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34504 2008-01-29 04:03 [ > > Who created this file? What does it do? > > Thanks for any reply > > Regard

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

2008-02-11 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Feb 11, 2008 2:52 PM, Mirco Piccin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all. > I find in my Debian Lenny machine this file, in /usr/bin folder: > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34504 2008-01-29 04:03 [ > > Who created this file? What does it do? > It's (mostly) a synonym for test. See the manpag

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

2008-02-11 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Monday 11 February 2008 10:22:21 am Mirco Piccin wrote: > Hi all. > I find in my Debian Lenny machine this file, in /usr/bin folder: > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34504 2008-01-29 04:03 [ > > Who created this file? What does it do? > > Thanks for any reply > > Regards > M I do have one in

Strange /usr/bin file

2008-02-11 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi all. I find in my Debian Lenny machine this file, in /usr/bin folder: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34504 2008-01-29 04:03 [ Who created this file? What does it do? Thanks for any reply Regards M -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co