On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 06:49:01PM -0700, John R Pierce wrote:
On 8/12/2017 6:25 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
I just stumbled over /var/log/CodeMeter, which contains a number of large log files.
I know I'm getting old and forgetful, but I can't remember intentionally installing that package.
Yum just says "installed" instead of listing a repo.
Looking at codemeter.com, it seems to work with something called a "cm stick". I don't have one, don't want one, and never heard of them.
Is there any reason I should be leery of just "yum remove"ing the package?
thanks!
sounds like its dongle based copy protection for some application program. you running any small market big dollar applicaitons, like CAD? they are the most frequent user of such services.
Nope. not me. home desktop/mailserver/play/light-coding box.
could it be part of some exploit?