I am not sure whether it is a bug or...

[Hsien-Hen Lu]

There was a hacker attacked my Linux box and put some files on my machine
with user number and group number cannot be seen by a common user utility
such as "userconf." I tried to remove the file as root, but cannot do that.
Then I tried to "chown root [filename]" It also not allow me to do it. I am
not sure whether it is a bug of chown or I missed something. If this is not
the right forum to report this. It would be greatly appreciated if you can
suggest a right forum to find answers for this type of questions. Thanks.


HH
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Hsien-Hen Lu
Assistant Professor
Mailman School of Public Health
and
Associate Research Scientist
National Center for Children in Poverty
Columbia University
154 Haven Avenue, New York, NY 10032-1180
Phone:  212-304-7147
Fax:    212-544-4200
Email:  address@hidden
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