Hello.

This may seem an odd and probably paranoid question, but does a sound file randomly opening mean that the system has been hacked?

The other day, I was watching a movie in mplayer. The system was connected to the internet through a router (with ssh port forwarding on) and had firefox/iceweasel open. I paused the movie to check my email on another system. Then, after a few seconds, a sound file I had on the desktop began to play. The file was in a different directory than the movie, so I don't think I could have queued the file by accident. Is this some strange system bug or is this evidence of a real problem?

I am running debian testing with a 2.6.18 kernel, and manage the software firewall using firestarter.

Thanks for any help.

Regards,
Sean

I would probably check the last logs, auth failures, who, netstat, and dmesg, and barring that chalk it up to strange behavior of your wm/de or file browser.

But I'm not an alarmist. YMMV.

Start by reading this:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...erences-45261/

I searched the logs and nothing seems to be out of place, so I guess it was just an odd bug.

Thank you for your help, and thanks for the guide, it had some very helpful links.

Regards,
Sean