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Laurent
Asked: 2011-10-26 13:54:48 +0800 CST

.passw hidden files in /etc

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Rkhunter reported me that it found hidden files in /etc:

Warning: Hidden file found: /etc/.group.48239632746: ASCII text
Warning: Hidden file found: /etc/.passwd.13046384800: ASCII text
Warning: Hidden file found: /etc/.passwd.14350544901: ASCII text
Warning: Hidden file found: /etc/.passwd.16941124733: ASCII text
Warning: Hidden file found: /etc/.passwd.22154181091: ASCII text
Warning: Hidden file found: /etc/.passwd.48239632746: ASCII text

Should I be worried about it?

It seems those files are copies of the original passwd file....

Regards

10.04

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Question answered by OP in comments

    It seems to be the GUI I use. Nothing harmful.

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  2. What do you use to create users? If you use GUI tools they might be creating a backup. You should also take a look at output of:

    ls -l /etc/.shadow*
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