Bug#688415: libnss3: creates links in root directory

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Thilo,

Thilo Six wrote:
> >> $ l / | grep '.so'
> >> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root   36  19:22 15.04.2012  libnss3.so ->
> >> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss3.so
> >> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root   44  19:22 15.04.2012  libsoftokn3.so ->
> >> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nss/libsoftokn3.so
> > 
> > I have libnss3 version 2:3.13.6-1 installed on amd64, too, but I do
> > not have these symlinks.
[...]
> > Try "dpkg -S /*.so" to see if they belong to any package and if so, to
> > which.
> 
> # dpkg -S /*.so
> dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /libnss3.so
> dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /libsoftokn3.so
>
> hmm well what does that mean?

That means they're not part of any installed package.

> Where did these come from?

It's still possible that they have been created by e.g. some
post-installation scripts.

Can you check in /var/log/dpkg.log* what packages have been installed
or updated on 15.04.2012 around that time?

Do you have any not-packaged software installed on that system? Was it
installed on that date?

Any other files from that date? Try the following command:

find / -newermt '15-Apr-2012 19:20:00' -a -not -newermt '19-Apr-2012 19:25:00'

It should list at least the two symbolic links in question.

Maybe that gives a hint to where the symbolic links come from.

		Regards, Axel
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