Folder problem (possible hacking)
Dave Gavin
dgavin at davegavin.com
Wed Nov 10 13:00:14 UTC 2004
Franco,
Try this:
cd /var/tmp
mv ' ' BadDirectory
just make sure that you have the right number of blanks inside the single
quotes.
Dave Gavin
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:43:17 +0100
Franco <primo at ischianet.com> wrote:
> The problem is the same, this folder have 25 GB of DVD video.
> I can't use graphical interface, the server have located in USA.
>
> PS.
> Il tempo è discreto, il sole va e viene ma per lo meno non piove.
> Ciao e grazie.
>
>
> Andrea Giuliano wrote:
> > Dear Franco,
> >
> > this brings on my mind a sad day back in 1996, when I found on a Sun
> > server a strange dir whose name was only made up of blanks and other non
> > printable characters. That was created by an intruder who was using that
> > server to do file sharing. Luckly enough, no user ever got aware of that
> > intrusion...
> >
> > I hope you are not facing the same situation, it was a very bad day for
> > me! As for the problem with cd, I suggest to change the name of the
> > folder with emacs or nautilus, and not from a shell prompt, using a new
> > name with just printable characters.
> >
> > At least, this is what I could suggest, if I understood your problem...
> >
> > Best regards.
> >
> > PS
> > Com'è il tempo a Ischia, oggi? Qui a Roma è uno schifo pazzesco!
> >
> > Franco wrote:
> >
> >> Hi, on my server i have any folder /var/tmp/ /.tmp/ there are a
> >> folder without characters and i can't cd into it.
> >> Can anyone help me?
> >>
> >
>
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