[Wylug-help] avahi-autoipd

[John Hodrien]

On Wed, 6 May 2009, Roger wrote:

> My problem is that I just do what I do (mostly write and serve websites)
> and know enough to do that.  There's lots of Linux that's totally opaque
> to me!
>
> Does this mean I may be safe?

I'd say so (although I've not got a Fedora 10 box to hand to be specific).

As a hunch, try:

rpm -qi $(rpm -qf /etc/init.d/avahi-autoipd)

I reckon that'll show an rpm that was installed on the day you say.  Maybe
not, as I'm guessing at what the service is called.

Here's how I interpreted it:

>>> --------------------- Connections (secure-log) Begin ------------------
>>>
>>>  New Users:
>>>     avahi-autoipd (100)
>>>
>>>  New Groups:
>>>     avahi-autoipd (101)

I'm guessing a package got installed, and the package created a user and group
for the service it's deploying.

>>>  Userhelper executed applications:
>>>     root -> system-config-services as root:  2 Time(s)

Then the rpm will have triggered a postinstall script that enabled itself.

>>>     root -> pup as root:  1 Time(s)

Isn't pup the update tool or similar in F10?

jh

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