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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Odd behaviour? Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 18:02:26 +0000 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:02:27 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0b294da1aa85fdc66c387388c1472a0b"; logging-data="1857474"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+MT5PxdZVWE3vkpPWCV20ZjJIJ8g9s8hg=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:rQbywI5y2V27+pDZ1gwkqkXeCH4= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 3383 On 05/12/2024 16:57, Richard Kettlewell wrote: > "Carlos E.R." writes: >> The GUI filemanager is just a filemanager, and follows filemanager >> rules. It displays only ONE directory, not some desktop concoction >> made of several structures and directories. > > Union filesystems are a thing, thought I don’t know of any reason to > think one is involved here, and I’d (possibly naively) expected unlink > calls to propagate through them to the appropriate underlying > filesystem. > > I don’t have a definitive explanation for the behavior seen. Some > guesswork: > > * If a file is sometimes visible and sometimes not that may reflect it > being repeatedly deleted and re-created. > No. It was solid at all times and absent at all times from the respective voews > * If a file is visible in one view and not another than may reflect the > views actually being different. e.g. user error about what directory > they are looking at. > I hardly think ~/Desktop is confusing All the other files on the desktop were in there > * Filesystem corruption of some kind might explain any kind of weird > behavior, though (at least when running ls) you might expect some kind > of error message. The kernel log would be likely to contain > diagnostics in this case. > I might have a look > * A file that’s something to do with an attack may be deliberately > hidden by the attack software, but perhaps in an inconsistent way > (attackers screw up too). > According to a brief Google that is a Windows temporary file. It may be something to do with the windows VM deleting it but the desktop retaining memory of it. Bit if it is, it's in a weird place. -- Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill