On Sun, Sep 19, 1999 at 06:48:05AM +0300, tf wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm reading with intrest several threads, and have a bunch of questions > about mailing (like, what exactly is exim or sendmail actually doing...) > > but I have a better question first. I was online a few minutes ago, > when I noticed alot of disk activity. I checked top and saw that user > nobody issued a find command. I just disconnected. Guess I should > change my password.
No, find was (most likely) run ron the /etc/cron.daily dir as part of Debian's daily maintenance. Actually, the locate program uses find to build a database of files and directories. The locate command uses this database to quickly locate files, i.e. if you issue the command 'locate texmf' it will list all matching entries. -- Jim Foltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ACORN techie <http://www.acorn.net> AOL/IM Jim Foltz
