[opensuse] Question re some files in the root directory in oS 13.2
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: http://susepaste.org/56549975 What are these .auth* files and what purpose do they serve? 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 -- Using openSUSE 13.2, KDE 4.14.6 & kernel 4.0.0-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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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Basil Chupin composed on 2015-04-20 17:48 (UTC+1000):
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?
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?
"Need" to delete is apparently a question of filesystem space and efficiency. Whenever I notice any older than my current login, I delete them. It looks to me like a konsole login as superuser in a normal user's X session is why they happen here, and have happened at least as far back as 11.0. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 20/04/15 19:15, Felix Miata wrote:
Basil Chupin composed on 2015-04-20 17:48 (UTC+1000):
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: http://susepaste.org/56549975 What are these .auth* files and what purpose do they serve? 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? "Need" to delete is apparently a question of filesystem space and efficiency. Whenever I notice any older than my current login, I delete them. It looks to me like a konsole login as superuser in a normal user's X session is why they happen here, and have happened at least as far back as 11.0.
@ Dylan: thank you Dylan for your response. A very good question, Felix. I have to say that I have never noticed these files until 13.2 (and TW, BTW) and my guess is that they used to be depoasited in the /tmp directory and which was then regularly purged of old files by cron. BC -- Using openSUSE 13.2, KDE 4.14.6 & kernel 4.0.0-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2015-04-22 09:02, Basil Chupin wrote:
I have to say that I have never noticed these files until 13.2 (and TW, BTW) and my guess is that they used to be depoasited in the /tmp directory and which was then regularly purged of old files by cron.
I have them in my 13.1, and some are dated 2010. So, no. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlU3w1oACgkQja8UbcUWM1z4ygEAmgQ8fgh5ghYImkZyRf2T2iw+ Er3reM5RbWrvW+1BggQA+QHaIgSfUrh8rGd6CnEcGpKyM+V0MPNTVTKY/dHAthy9 =78uy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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