rabidblog...@safe-mail.net: > $ lsof | grep anon_inode anon_inode > > $ lsof | grep dev/null /dev/null > > I find several anon_inodes and over a dozen /dev/null listings, in > some listings for each there are several processes which are repeated.
So what? There is nothing unusual about that. Redirection to /dev/null
happens a lot in shell scripts and other processes apparently do the
same for some reason. I suppose anon_inodes are inodes without a path
entry, i.e. when a program opens a file and unlinks it without closing
the file handle.
> I'm expecting this to be a rootkit,
Why?
> […] it doesn't matter what Linux distro I use, these continue to show,
> even when disconnected from the internet.
That could have lead you to the assumption that this behaviour is
normal. :)
J.
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