Suspicious file names (UNIX)

Module: User Files

This check reports executable files with suspicious names in the user's home directory tree. A suspicious name is one that is the same as a user name or the name of a system command listed in the man pages. An executable with a suspicious name can be executed unknowingly by another user. This can occur when a common user or system command is input and the path is not set up properly. Specify full path names in the file list to exclude files from this check.

The following table lists the error message for the check.

Table: Error message for Suspicious file names

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: STKU_SUSPFILE

Category: System Error

UNIX (5452)

Title: Suspicious file name found

Description:This user has executable files in their home directory trees that have "suspicious" names. A suspicious name is one that matches a user name or the name of a system command listed in the man pages. An executable with a suspicious name can unknowingly be executed by another user. This can occur when a common user or system command name is entered and the path is not set up properly. You should ask the named users to rename their executables.

Severity: yellow-1

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

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