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<DIV>Hey, this is something that even I can answer! These are backups of MailScanner. Check /root/bin and you will probably see files like these with the main one being bold below. There should be a cron job in /etc/cron.monthly that run the /root/bin/mailscanner-backup.sh script.</DIV>
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<DIV>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 186 Jan 8 2012 delmsback-20120108.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 186 Feb 9 2012 delmsback-20120209.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 186 Mar 10 2012 delmsback-20120310.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 186 Apr 11 2012 delmsback-20120411.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 186 May 12 2012 delmsback-20120512.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 186 Jun 13 2012 delmsback-20120613.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 186 Jul 14 09:30 delmsback-20120714.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 186 Aug 15 09:45 delmsback-20120815.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 186 Sep 16 10:00 delmsback-20120916.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 186 Oct 16 19:45 delmsback-20121016.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 186 Nov 4 23:00 delmsback-20121104.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 186 Dec 5 23:28 delmsback-20121205.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 186 Jan 6 23:30 delmsback-20130106.sh<BR><STRONG>-rwxr-x--- 1 root root 571 Feb 20 2011 mailscanner-backup.sh<BR></STRONG>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 228 Jan 8 2012 restorems-20120108.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 228 Feb 9 2012 restorems-20120209.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 228 Mar 10 2012 restorems-20120310.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 228 Apr 11 2012 restorems-20120411.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 228 May 12 2012 restorems-20120512.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 228 Jun 13 2012 restorems-20120613.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 228 Jul 14 09:30 restorems-20120714.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 228 Aug 15 09:45 restorems-20120815.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 228 Sep 16 10:00 restorems-20120916.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 228 Oct 16 19:45 restorems-20121016.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 228 Nov 4 23:00 restorems-20121104.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 228 Dec 5 23:28 restorems-20121205.sh<BR>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 228 Jan 6 23:30 restorems-20130106.sh</DIV>
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<DIV>Gary</DIV>
<DIV><BR>>>> "Paul R. Ganci" <ganci@nurdog.com> 1/8/2013 12:18 AM >>><BR><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><FONT face=sans-serif>Perhaps this has been going on for a while now, but I just discovered that MailScanner seems to be creating files like MailScanner.xxxxxx in /usr/sbin every time I do a /etc/rc.d/init.d/MailScanner restart on a </FONT>CentOS </FONT>5.8 system. What are these files, why are they created in /usr/sbin and can that be changed?<BR><BR>Thanks for your help.<BR></DIV><PRE class=moz-signature cols="72">--
Paul (<A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:ganci@nurdog.com">ganci@nurdog.com</A>)
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