SOLVED Suspicious option in cron job

[jeffschips]

Hello.

I found this in my /var/spool/cron:

'#tmp.my-server-host-name.domain.com.XXXXLK98D4'

Anybody have a clue what it is - I didn't put it here. . .

 

[ffeingol]

No clue, but if the first character is a #, that is just a comment.

 

[ResellerWiz]

That was the filename or was the text in a file?

 

[jeffschips]

it is listed in amongst the other files located in /var/spool/cron. Not in a file but in the directory /var/spool/cron

 

[cPRex]

Is the file owned by root or by a different username? My guess would be that something was trying to create a cron, but instead it got created as a file itself.

 

[jeffschips]

I think you're right @cPRex. it was owned by root. I've since deleted it. Consider it SOLVED