Re: UNIX Files

From: Jay D. Dyson (jdysonat_private)
Date: Tue Aug 14 2001 - 14:16:34 PDT

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    On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Skinner, Kit wrote: 
    
    > QUESTION: My question from a forensics standpoint is, if someone got
    > onto a system and placed a file using that naming scheme, how could you
    > determine its ACTUAL name?  As a relative novice, all the tools I know
    > of seem to interpret the filename and display in the edited form. 
    
    	UNIX 'man' is your friend.  Do a 'man ls'.
    
    	But to answer your question: ls -lb
    
    	To wit:
    
    	$ cp arf arf^Hg
    	$ ls -al ar*
    	-rw-r--r--   1 jdyson   users       2587 Aug 13 16:09 arf
    	-rw-r--r--   1 jdyson   users       1101 Aug 14 14:13 arg
    	$ ls -lb ar*     
    	-rw-r--r--   1 jdyson   users       2587 Aug 13 16:09 arf
    	-rw-r--r--   1 jdyson   users       1101 Aug 14 14:13 arf\010b
    
    - -Jay
    
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