Old .relink files safe to delete?

gn0s1s

• March 23, 2016 23:20

In /usr/bin I have some very old .relink files:
root@obscured [/usr/bin]# ls -la | grep relink -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 57536 Jul 30 2014 crontab.relink.1440525782* -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 57544 Jul 27 2015 crontab.relink.1453949030* -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 27832 Jun 10 2014 passwd.relink.1440525782* root@obscured [/usr/bin]#
As you can see these are from 2014/2015...are these safe to delete, or is there a reason why they are still in the system?

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  cPanelMichael

  • March 24, 2016 20:20

  Hello :) I advise against deleting these files because they ensure certain functions are linked to the correct location. For instance, if you remove the crontab.relink files, you may receive an error message such as this when attempting to use the "crontab" command:
  Cpanel::Wrap::send_cpwrapd_request failed to fetch crontab: root is not permitted to call cpwrapd
  Thank you.

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  gn0s1s

  • March 28, 2016 03:42

  Thanks, I'll leave them as they are.

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