Re: [cobalt-users] CHkrootkit output

[Kevin Bonner <keb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Sunday 18 April 2004 07:55, William J.A. Brillinger wrote:
> At 01:45 PM 18/04/2004 +0200, you wrote:
> >Today i noticed this in my report from chkrootkit.
> >
> >Checking `sniffer'... /proc/5/fd: Permission denied
> >
> >This wasnt there in the older version i was using.... can someone shed tom
> >lit on it....
>
> OH! Me, I know this one! Let me answer it!
>
> Your RAQ doesn't have a floppy - so no permission to read the floppy ;)
>
> - Bill B.

Hmm...everyone who said it was trying to read from a floppy loses 5 geek 
points!  :-)

'man proc' will show you what the fd is actually used for.

- - Kevin
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