Are thes files usually scripts in Ubuntu?

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Wed, 12/31/08, Ray Parrish <crp at cmc.net> wrote:

> From: Ray Parrish <crp at cmc.net>
> Subject: Are thes files usually scripts in Ubuntu?
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 10:14 PM
> Hello,
> 
> I was reading article from some of the magazines I get in
> email today 
> and ran across one about Root Kit Hunter for Linus, so I
> decided to 
> install and run it just to see what it said. It found no
> root kits, but 
> did give me a warning on the following five files.
> 
> [13:17:33] /bin/which                                      
>  [ Warning ]
> [13:17:33] Warning: The command '/bin/which' has
> been replaced by a 
> script: /bin/which: POSIX shell script text executable
> [13:17:35] /usr/bin/groups                                 
>  [ Warning ]
> [13:17:35] Warning: The command '/usr/bin/groups'
> has been replaced by a 
> script: /usr/bin/groups: POSIX shell script text executable
> [13:17:36] /usr/bin/ldd                                    
>  [ Warning ]
> [13:17:36] Warning: The command '/usr/bin/ldd' has
> been replaced by a 
> script: /usr/bin/ldd: Bourne-Again shell script text
> executable
> [13:17:40] /usr/bin/lwp-request                            
>  [ Warning ]
> [13:17:41] Warning: The command
> '/usr/bin/lwp-request' has been replaced 
> by a script: /usr/bin/lwp-request: perl script text
> executable
> [13:17:43] /usr/sbin/adduser                               
>  [ Warning ]
> [13:17:43] Warning: The command '/usr/sbin/adduser'
> has been replaced by 
> a script: /usr/sbin/adduser: perl script text executable
> 
> Since this Root Kit Hunter isn't specifically designed
> for Ubuntu but 
> claimed to be cross platform for all Linux machines I would
> like to know 
> if it's normal for the preceding files to be scripts in
> Ubuntu Hardy 
> Heron instead of binary files.
> 
> Thanks, Ray Parrish
> 
>
 Ray, the warnings are just informational messages telling you the files were replaced by the scripts.  It's of no consequence and nothing to be concerned about.
You go have a very inquisitive mind, sigh.  Don't you believe what the program is telling you?  Maybe you could learn more about it by googling for "rootkithunter+ubuntu+linux".

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net