topic Re: file: /.rnd in Operating System - HP-UX

file: /.rnd

Fred Martin_1 — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:19:08 GMT

I just noticed a file on my HP-UX 11.0 system called /.rnd

It's owned by root:sys and permissions are 600, 1024 bytes and contains binary data.

The file date is months old, not sure what would have put the file there.

Does anyone know for certain?

Re: file: /.rnd

Jeff Schussele — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:26:02 GMT

HI Fred,

I'd say it has to do with OpenSSL - see the following doc:

http://www.docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/T1428-90052/T1428-90052_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/T1428-90052/00/00/37-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/T1428-90052/00/00/37-toc.html&searchterms=rnd&queryid=20041012-092317

It's used as a seed value for encryption.

HTH,
Jeff

Re: file: /.rnd

Cheryl Griffin — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:43:46 GMT

Does the following tell you anything?
# what /.rnd
# file /.rnd
# strings /.rnd

Re: file: /.rnd

Fred Martin_1 — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:05:02 GMT

'what' is blank, 'file' says awk (incorrect) and 'strings' displays about 20 lines of junk; it's a binary file.

No one here uses ssl for sure.

Re: file: /.rnd

Cheryl Griffin — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:23:01 GMT

I agree with Jeff. OpenSSL
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22/.rnd%22+chmod+600&hl=en&lr=&selm=3AEE8441.A2237A49%40gmx.net&rnum=2 puts a file in $HOME/.rnd

Owned by root it could possibly be /.rnd

If OpenSSL is not installed, you don't know what the file is and it has not been accessed, move it and see if you notice any errors.

Re: file: /.rnd

Fred Martin_1 — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:49:17 GMT

Ok, thanks. I've renamed it to see what happens.