On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 07:40:51AM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > This morning, I found my harddrive swapping like crazy on this find > command. > > find / /boot /tmp -xdev ( -type f -perm +06000 -o -type b -o -type c ) -printf > %8i %5m %3n %-10u %-10g %9s %t %h/%f?n > > My root cronjobs are scheduled almost an hour earlier, so I don't see how > it could be them. Any idea what what process would invoke this?
Do you have suidmanager or anything similar installed? With that '-perm +06000', I'd say it's trying to build a list of files that are suid or sgid. -- With the arrest of Dimitry Sklyarov it has become apparent that it is not safe for non US software engineers to visit the United States. - Alan Cox "To prevent unauthorized reading..." - Adobe eBook reader license