-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 29 Apr 2003 18:32:44 +0100, Mike wrote: > I have a horrible feeling that my system may have been compromised Hence the subject line should read "Have I been hacked?". > I have a file libwrap.a (part of tcp_wrappers) > > like this > > ?r-x-wxrwt 26977 25716 159071 1969188457 May 4 2031 > /usr/lib/libwrap.a This looks more like a damaged file-system due to hardware problems or results of a serious crash. Do you have any other mysterious file stats to report? You might want to verify all your installed rpms. > (in rescue mode the permissions are Br-x-wrwt) > > and rpm -V shows > rpm -V tcp_wrappers > SM?..UGT /usr/lib/libwrap.a > > This file cant be deleted. > > I have replaced all other files directly. > > So the question is - is it possible to repair this without a full > re-install? If an fsck doesn't help, backup your /usr or /usr/lib partition (if you have one) and re-format the partition and re-install the files. Then go and replace any other damaged files/inodes. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+rxK70iMVcrivHFQRAjrUAJ90ALW3pqm70sMV6CK0dcEpNsiR9ACeNBl0 clkiZU57ke6QrIlZRCn6OJ8= =IdEo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----