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Old 10-13-2010, 12:00 AM   #16
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This one worked OK for me:
Code:
for i in $(find / -type d -perm /o+w -regextype posix-extended -not -iregex "(/proc.*|/tmp.*)"); do find $i -type f -user root -ls; done | tee /tmp/baddies

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Old 10-13-2010, 12:26 AM   #17
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Welll apart from a few files that could not be stated in proc my only directory returned was:
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/tmp
 
Old 10-13-2010, 12:44 AM   #18
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Welll apart from a few files that could not be stated in proc my only directory returned was:
Good :}

Means your system is kosher ;}
 
Old 10-14-2010, 12:33 AM   #19
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This one worked OK for me:
Code:
for i in $(find / -type d -perm /o+w -regextype posix-extended -not -iregex "(/proc.*|/tmp.*)"); do find $i -type f -user root -ls; done | tee /tmp/baddies

Cheers,
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I m getting following error after executing some part of script.Here it goes.

Is there anything worry about the error?

Code:
# find / -type d -perm /o+w -regextype posix-extended -not -iregex "(/proc.*|/tmp.*)"
find: warning: you have specified the -regextype option after a non-option argument -type, but options are not positional (-regextype affects tests specified before it as well as those specified after it).  Please specify options before other arguments.

/dev/shm
/OVS.20101006-014041.orig
/etc/ovs-agent/db
/etc/ocfs2
/var/ovs
/var/ovs/mount
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/.ovs-agent
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/.ovs-agent/db
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/publish_pool
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/sharedDisk
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/running_pool
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/running_pool/RHEL55
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/iso_pool
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/iso_pool/OEL5.2_32bit
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/seed_pool
/var/ovs/mount.20101006-014018.orig
/var/ovs/mount.20101006-014018.orig/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107
/var/ovs/mount.20101006-014018.orig/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/.ovs-agent
/var/ovs/mount.20101006-014018.orig/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/.ovs-agent/db
/var/tmp
/var/tmp/.oracle
/var/run/ovs-agent
/var/spool/samba
Last edited by pinga123; 10-14-2010 at 12:37 AM.
 
Old 10-14-2010, 01:17 AM   #20
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No I think it just means you should have -type d at the end.
 
Old 10-14-2010, 06:06 AM   #21
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Still getting the same error.aint any one getting this error?

Quote:
# find / -perm /o+w -regextype posix-extended -not -iregex "(/proc.*|/tmp.*)" -type d
find: warning: you have specified the -regextype option after a non-option argument -perm, but options are not positional (-regextype affects tests specified before it as well as those specified after it). Please specify options before other arguments.

/dev/shm
/OVS.20101006-014041.orig
/etc/ovs-agent/db
/etc/ocfs2
/var/ovs
/var/ovs/mount
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/.ovs-agent
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/.ovs-agent/db
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/publish_pool
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/sharedDisk
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/running_pool
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/running_pool/RHEL55
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/iso_pool
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/iso_pool/OEL5.2_32bit
/var/ovs/mount/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/seed_pool
/var/ovs/mount.20101006-014018.orig
/var/ovs/mount.20101006-014018.orig/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107
/var/ovs/mount.20101006-014018.orig/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/.ovs-agent
/var/ovs/mount.20101006-014018.orig/C9A30A22F0C5435F8F31376E95F54107/.ovs-agent/db
/var/tmp
/var/tmp/.oracle
/var/run/ovs-agent
/var/spool/samba
Last edited by pinga123; 10-14-2010 at 06:09 AM.
 
Old 10-14-2010, 06:18 AM   #22
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Here's an adjustment (re-ordering) of the options you are giving `find`, based on the warning message it is giving. NOTE that I did not get the same warning you are getting, BUT I *was* seeing /proc files/directories in my output when using the command you give there. After this re-ordering, I appear to be getting the right results, but you try it and see.
This would not be the first time that different versions of `find` have acted slightly differently on different systems..

Anyhow, see if this works for you (and if you like, maybe re-combine the -iregex statements into one, but whatever you like..)
Code:
find / -type d -regextype posix-extended ! -iregex "/proc.*" ! -iregex "/tmp.*" -perm /o+w
Regards & good luck!
 
Old 10-14-2010, 07:02 AM   #23
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Or run something like this as an unprivileged user:
Code:
find / /boot /usr /opt -xdev -type f -writable 2>/dev/null
Just modify the mountpoints you're interested in. Can also be used with "-type d"

Oops!... Look what I just found in Slackware:
Code:
gazl@nix:~$ find / /boot /usr /opt -xdev -type d -writable 2>/dev/null
/tmp
/usr/doc/mpfr-2.4.2/examples
gazl@nix:~$ ls -ld /usr/doc/mpfr-2.4.2/examples
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 2009-11-30 02:45 /usr/doc/mpfr-2.4.2/examples
Not exactly critical, but it's wrong all the same.
 
Old 10-14-2010, 07:30 AM   #24
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Sorry I hadn't run this find ... my results were with the script I submitted.
 
  


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