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Are hidden files in /usr/share/man a security concern?

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rkhunter reported that [17:15:45] Checking for hidden files and directories [ Warning ] [17:15:45] Warning: Hidden file found: /etc/.updated: ASCII text [17:15:45] Warning: Hidden file found: /usr/share/man/man5/.k5identity.5.gz: gzip compressed data, max compression, from Unix, truncated [17:15:45] Warning: Hidden file found: /usr/share/man/man5/.k5login.5.gz: gzip compressed data, max compression, from Unix, truncate Looking at the files vorac@msi:/usr/share/man/man5$ ll .k5* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42 Nov 13 20:07 .k5identity.5.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39 Nov 13 20:07 .k5login.5.gz vorac@msi:/usr/share/man/man5$ file .k5* .k5identity.5.gz: gzip compressed data, max compression, from Unix, truncated .k5login.5.gz: gzip compressed data, max compression, from Unix, truncated vorac@msi:/usr/share/man/man5$ pacman -F .k5* core/krb5 1.19.2-2 [installed] usr/share/man/man5/.k5identity.5.gz core/krb5 1.19.2-2 [installed] usr/share/man/man5/.k5login.5.gz Are those possibly malicious?
Asked by Vorac (3197 rep)
Nov 21, 2021, 04:17 PM
Last activity: Nov 21, 2021, 04:32 PM