On 20/04/15 08:48, Basil Chupin wrote:
Daily a list of some files of unknown worth (to me) keeps growing in the root's root directory.
An example of these files is here:
What are these .auth* files and what purpose do they serve?
They are created (it seems) when one uses su (and maybe other privilege changing methods - launching yast in KDE, dolphin super-user mode...): if you exit/logout of the session the file should be deleted, if you close a terminal with an active su or shutdown/reboot the file will be left hanging around. I see no reason to keep them (except the current one, of course...)
By asking this I am not asking for an in-depth explanation of what they are or reason for their existence but asking whether they can be deleted before they takeover the space on the hard drive? :-)
There doesn't appear to be any process which deletes them so can - or do I need to - delete them on a regular basis?
BC
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