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Date:      Tue, 03 Nov 1998 09:44:37 -0500
From:      "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Jay Nelson <jdn@acp.qiv.com>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: hidden files question 
Message-ID:  <11630.910104277@gjp.erols.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Nov 1998 22:56:24 CST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.981102202326.1860A-100000@acp.qiv.com> 

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Jay Nelson wrote in message ID
<Pine.BSF.3.96.981102202326.1860A-100000@acp.qiv.com>:
> Is there a known benign condition that could account for this?   

Try running fstat & friends to see if there is a file held open on /var. Its 
possible that a program opened up a file and it somehow got unlinked (a 
nightly tidy-up cron?) but the file is still held open. So its not visable via 
any directory, but its still there.

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
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